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Invariant Subspace Problem

Show that every bounded linear operator T : H → H on a separable Hilbert space H of dimension at least 2 has a non-trivial closed T-invariant subspace: a closed linear subspace W of H, which is different from H and from {0}, such that `T ( W )...

Mathematical statement

Show that every bounded linear operator T : H → H on a separable Hilbert space H of dimension at least 2 has a non-trivial closed T-invariant subspace: a closed linear subspace W of H, which is different from H and from {0}, such that T ( W ) ⊂ W. One needs the assumption that the dimension of H is at least 2 because otherwise any subspace would be either H or {0}.

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Invariant_subspace_problem

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theorem Invariant_subspace_problem [InnerProductSpace ℂ H] [TopologicalSpace.SeparableSpace H]    [CompleteSpace H] (hdim : 2  Module.rank ℂ H) (T : H L[ℂ] H) :    Nonempty (ClosedInvariantSubspace T) := by  sorry
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Formal Conjectures
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v4.27.0
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Present; no proof artifact
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