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Minimal positive operators on a Hilbert space H are characterized in terms of so-called parallel addition of operators. It is also shown how these operators can be used to reproduce the inverse, respectively generalized inverse, of any positive operator on H.
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Eriksson-Bique, SL., Leutwiler, H. (1994). Minimal Operators from a Potential-Theoretic Viewpoint. In: Bertin, E. (eds) ICPT ’91. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1118-8_3
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