Compact right topological semigroups applied to operators

Abstract

In this paper we introduce a new decomposition of power-bounded operators, analogous to the Jacobs-deLeeuw-Glicksberg decomposition. This is done using so-called K\"ohler semigroups and the general theory of right topological compact semigroups. This leads to a new proof, under appropriate assumptions, of the cyclicity of the peripheral spectrum of positive operators on Banach lattices.