Abstract:
Let
H be a Hilbert space and
P,
Q orthogonal projections on
B(
H).It is proved that
Mθ(
P,
Q) is non-empty if and only if the dimension of the intersection of
PH and (
I-
Q)
H is the same as the dimension of the intersection of
QH and (
I-
P)
H, where
Mθ(
P,
Q) is the set of projections on Hwhich are within distance of sin
θ from
P and cos
θ from
Q.The operator matrix decomposition form of Halmos' two projection theory is applied to prove the sufficiency.On the other hand, a linear bijection between the intersection of
PH and (
I-
Q)
H and the intersection of
QH and (
I-
P) H is constructed to give the necessity.