Abstract:Let
Hbe a Hilbert space and
P,
Qorthogonal projections on
B(
H).It is proved that
M
θ(
P,
Q) is non-empty if and only if the dimension of the intersection of
PHand (
I-
Q)
His the same as the dimension of the intersection of
QHand (
I-
P)
H, where
M
θ(
P,
Q) is the set of projections on Hwhich are within distance of sin
θfrom
Pand cos
θfrom
Q.The operator matrix decomposition form of Halmos' two projection theory is applied to prove the sufficiency.On the other hand, a linear bijection between the intersection of
PHand (
I-
Q)
Hand the intersection of
QHand (
I-
P) H is constructed to give the necessity.