Article
Keywords:
locally convex space; commutator; nilpotent operator; compact operator; Riesz operator
Summary:
Denote by $C$ the commutator $AB-BA$ of two bounded operators $A$ and $B$ acting on a locally convex topological vector space. If $AC-CA=0$, we show that $C$ is a quasinilpotent operator and we prove that if $AC-CA$ is a compact operator, then $C$ is a Riesz operator.
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