On the power-bounded operators of classes $C_{0\cdot }$ and $C_{1\cdot }$

Abstract

By a bounded backward sequence of the operator $T$ we mean a bounded sequence $\{x_n\}$ satisfying $T{x}_{n+1}=x_n$. In \cite{Pa} we have characterized contractions with strongly stable nonunitary part in terms of bounded backward sequences. The main purpose of this work is to extend that result to power-bounded operators. Aditionally, we show that a power-bounded operator is strongly stable ($C_{0\cdot }$) if and only if its adjoint does not have any nonzero bounded backward sequence. Similarly, a power-bounded operator is non-vanishing ($C_{1\cdot }$) if and only if its adjoint has a lot of bounded backward sequences.