TY - JOUR ID - Ghosh2024 LB - Ghosh2024 AU - Ghosh, Sagar AU - Misra, Gadadhar TI - On the Möbius invariant principal functions of Pincus ST - On the Möbius invariant principal functions of Pincus JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2024 VL - 44 IS - 3 SP - 391 EP - 407 DO - https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2024.44.3.391 UR - https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2024.44.3.391 AB - In this semi-expository short note, we prove that the only homogeneous pure hyponormal operator \(T\) with \(\operatorname{rank} (T^*T-TT^*) =1\), modulo unitary equivalence, is the unilateral shift. KW - hyponormal operator KW - multiplicity KW - trace formula KW - homogeneous operators KW - principal function SN - 1232-9274 ER -