## Publicacions Matemàtiques

### Similarity of Operators and Geometry of Eigenvector Bundles

#### Abstract

We characterize the contractions that are similar to the backward shift in the Hardy space $H^2$. This characterization is given in terms of the geometry of the eigenvector bundles of the operators.

#### Article information

Source
Publ. Mat., Volume 53, Number 2 (2009), 417-438.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 July 2009

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pm/1248095662

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2543858

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1190.47002

#### Citation

Kwon, Hyun-Kyoung; Treil, Sergei. Similarity of Operators and Geometry of Eigenvector Bundles. Publ. Mat. 53 (2009), no. 2, 417--438. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pm/1248095662

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