Finite-defect numerical-range conjecture for unitary dilations

Suppose TL(H)T\in {\mathcal L}({\mathcal H}) is a contraction with

dimDT=dimDT=N<.\dim{\mathcal D}_T=\dim{\mathcal D}_{T^*}=N<\infty.

Let U{\mathcal U} be the set of unitary NN-dilations of TT to HCN{\mathcal H}\oplus \mathbb{C}^N, and define τ:UK\tau:{\mathcal U}\to\mathfrak{K} by τ(U)=W(U)\tau({\bf U})=\overline{W({\bf U})}. Finite-defect numerical-range conjecture. The map τ\tau wraps W(T)\overline{W(T)}. In particular,

W(T)=UUW(U).\overline{W(T)}=\bigcap_{{\bf U}\in{\mathcal U}}\overline{W({\bf U})}.

Here K\mathfrak{K} is the ambient space of compact convex subsets in which the closures of the numerical ranges are viewed. The conjecture would complement Choi and Li's solved answer to Halmos's question, but the source states that it remains open even for N=1N=1.

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Chafiq Benhida, Pamela Gorkin and Dan Timotin, “Numerical ranges of C_0(N) contractions”, arXiv:1009.2249 (2010).

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