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We establish some spectral properties of normal operators in a Pontryagin space Πκ. If κ = 1 a classification of the normal operators is given according to the structure of the eigenspaces of N and N+ which contain a non-positive eigenelement.
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Langer, H., Szafraniec, F.H. (2005). Bounded Normal Operators in Pontryagin Spaces. In: Förster, KH., Jonas, P., Langer, H. (eds) Operator Theory in Krein Spaces and Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications, vol 162. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7453-5_13
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