UNITARY INTERPOLATION ON AX = Y IN A TRIDIAGONAL ALGEBRA ALG𝓛

Given operators X and Y acting on a separable complex Hilbert space ${\mathcal{H}}$, an interpolating operator is a bounded operator A such that AX = Y. We show the following: Let $Alg{\mathcal{L}}$ be a subspace lattice acting on a separable complex Hilbert space ${\mathcal{H}}$ and let $X=(x_{ij})$ and $Y=(y_{ij})$ be operators acting on ${\mathcal{H}}$. Then the following are equivalent: (1) There exists a unitary operator $A=(a_{ij})$ in $Alg{\mathcal{L}}$ such that AX = Y. (2) There is a bounded sequence {${\alpha}_n$} in ${\mathbb{C}}$ such that ${\mid}{\alpha}_j{\mid}=1$ and $y_{ij}={\alpha}_jx_{ij}$ for $j{\in}{\mathbb{N}}$.