Let $C(\mathbb{R})$ be the set of all continuous functions and $T:C(\mathbb{R})\rightarrow C(\mathbb{R})$ defined by $T(f(x))=xf(x)$. I would like to know if there are subespaces $W_{1}, W_{2}$ of $C(\mathbb{R})$ such that $T|W_{1}$ is nilpotent and $T|W_{2}$ is invertible and $T=T|W_{1}+T|W_{2}$.
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If $T$ is nilpotent on a subspace $W_1$, then there exists $n\gt 0$ such that for all $f(x)\in W_1$, we have $$T^n(f(x)) = 0;$$ since $T^n(f(x)) = x^nf(x)$, we want function $f(x)\colon\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $x^nf(x) = 0$ for some $n\gt 0$ and for all $x$. What can you say about such functions? That will tell you whether $W_1$ can exist, and if so what it should be. |
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