A NOTE ON SIMILARITY, ALMOST-SIMILARITY AND EQUIVALENCE OF OPERATORS

B. M. Nzimbi (Kenya), G. P. Pokhariyal (Kenya) and J. M. Khalagai (Kenya)

Received May 29, 2007; Revised October 12, 2007

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Keywords and phrases: almost-similar, similar, hermitian, isometric.