# Closable multipliers

V.S. Shulman, Ivan Todorov, L. Turowska

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## Abstract

Let $(X,\mu)$ and $(Y,\nu)$ be standard measure spaces. A function $\nph\in L^\infty(X\times Y,\mu\times\nu)$ is called a (measurable) Schur multiplier if the map $S_\nph$, defined on the space of Hilbert-Schmidt operators from $L_2(X,\mu)$ to $L_2(Y,\nu)$ by multiplying their integral kernels by $\nph$, is bound-ed in the operator norm. The paper studies measurable functions $\nph$ for which $S_\nph$ is closable in the norm topology or in the weak* topology. We obtain a characterisation of w*-closable multipliers and relate the question about norm closability to the theory of operator synthesis. We also study multipliers of two special types: if $\nph$ is of Toeplitz type, that is, if $\nph(x,y)=f(x-y)$, $x,y\in G$, where $G$ is a locally compact abelian group, then the closability of $\nph$ is related to the local inclusion of $f$ in the Fourier algebra $A(G)$ of $G$. If $\nph$ is a divided difference, that is, a function of the form $(f(x)-f(y))/(x-y)$, then its closability is related to the operator smoothness'' of the function $f$. A number of examples of non closable, norm closable and w*-closable multipliers are presented.
Original language English 29-62 34 Integral Equations and Operator Theory 69 Published - 2011

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