Subnormal $n$th roots of quasinormal operators are quasinormal

Abstract

In the recent paper, R. E. Curto, S. H. Lee, J. Yoon, asked the following question: Let $A$ be a subnormal operator, and assume that $A^2$ is quasinormal. Does it follow that $A$ is quasinormal? In this paper, we give an affirmative answer to this question. In fact, we prove more general result that subnormal $n$th roots of quasinormal operators are quasinormal.