On Simultaneous Triangularization of Matrices and Quasinilpotency of Commutator of Compact Operators

Abstract

In this paper we determine a sufficient condition for the quasinilpotency of a commutator of compact operators via block-tridiagonal matrix form associated with a compact operator. We also prove that every compact operator is unitarily equivalent to the sum of a compact quasinilpotent operator and a triangularizable compact operator.

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