On decomposition for pairs of twisted contractions

Abstract

This paper presents Wold-type decomposition for various pairs of twisted contractions on Hilbert spaces. As a consequence, we obtain Wold-type decomposition for pairs of doubly twisted isometries and in particular, new and simple proof of S\l{}o\'{c}inski's theorem for pairs of doubly commuting isometries are provided. We also achieve an explicit decomposition for pairs of twisted contractions such that the c.n.u. parts of the contractions are in $C_{00}$. It is shown that for a pair $(T,V^*)$ of twisted operators with $T$ as a contraction and $V$ as an isometry, there exists a unique (upto unitary equivalence) pair of doubly twisted isometries on the minimal isometric dilation space of $T$. As an application, we prove that pairs of twisted operators consisting of an isometry and a co-isometry are doubly twisted. Finally, we have given a characterization for pairs of doubly twisted isometries.