The Cesaro Operator in $\ell^{2}$ is Essentially Normal

Abstract

In this paper we prove that the Cesaro operator $\mathcal{C}$ in $\ell^{2}$, the Hilbert space of square summable sequences, is essentially normal, i.e. the commutator $[\mathcal{C}^{\ast},\mathcal{C}]:=\mathcal{C}^{\ast}\mathcal{C}-\mathcal{C}\mathcal{C}^{\ast}$ is a compact operator on $\ell^{2}$.