RT Journal Article T1 Rota’s universal operators and invariant subspacesin Hilbert spaces A1 Cowen, Carl C. A1 Gallardo Gutiérrez, Eva A. AB A Hilbert space operator is called universal (in the sense of Rota) if every operator on the Hilbert space is similar to a multiple of the restriction of the universal operator to one of its invariant subspaces. We exhibit an analytic Toeplitz operator whose adjoint is universal in the sense of Rota and commutes with a quasi-nilpotent injective compact operator with dense range. In articular, this new universal operator invites an approach to the Invariant Subspace Problem that uses properties of operators that commute with the universal operator. PB Elsevier SN 0022-1236 YR 2016 FD 2016 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24609 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24609 LA eng NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) DS Docta Complutense RD 1 may 2024