The single equality $A^{*n}A^n = (A^*A)^n$ does not imply the quasinormality of weighted shifts on rootless directed trees

Abstract

It is proved that each bounded injective bilateral weighted shift $W$ satisfying the equality $W^{*n}W^{n}=(W^{*}W)^{n}$ for some integer $n\geq 2$ is quasinormal. For any integer $n\geq 2$, an example of a bounded non-quasinormal weighted shift $A$ on a rootless directed tree with one branching vertex which satisfies the equality $A^{*n}A^{n}=(A^{*}A)^{n}$ is constructed. It is also shown that such an example can be constructed in the class of composition operators in $L^2$-spaces over $\sigma$-finite measure spaces.