文摘
We introduce the notion of weak k-hyponormality and polynomial hyponormality for commuting operator pairs on a Hilbert space and investigate their relationship with k-hyponormality and subnormality. We provide examples of 2-variable weighted shifts which are weakly 1-hyponormal but not hyponormal. By relating the weak k-hyponormality and k-hyponormality of a commuting operator pair to positivity of restriction of some linear functionals to corresponding cones of functions, we prove that there is an operator pair that is polynomially hyponormal but not 2-hyponormal, generalizing Curto and Putinar’s result (1991, 1993) to the two-variable case.