Characterization of Frame-Related Sequences on Semi-Hilbert Spaces

Abstract

Let $A\in \mathcal{B}(H{)}^{+}$ and $B\in \mathcal{B}({\ell }^2{)}^{+}$ be positive bounded operators. We investigate reduced weighted adjoints of densely defined closable operators and use them to develop frame-type systems in the semi-Hilbert spaces induced by $A$ and $B$. Closedness, boundedness, range behavior, and algebraic properties of the $A$-adjoint are established, with particular attention to sums, products, and double adjoints in the unbounded setting. We then study the associated $AB$-analysis, $AB$-synthesis, and $AB$-frame operators. Operator-theoretic characterizations of $AB$-Bessel sequences, $AB$-lower semi-frames, and $AB$-frames are obtained, and examples show that several natural weighted-adjoint identities may hold only as proper inclusions. A Douglas-type range characterization for $AB$-frames is also derived.