On Semi-cubically Hyponormal Weighted Shifts with First Two Equal Weights

It is known that a semi-cubically hyponormal weighted shift need not satisfy the flatness property, in which equality of two weights forces all or almost all weights to be equal. So it is a natural question to describe all semi-cubically hyponormal weighted shifts $W_{\alpha}$ with first two weights equal. Let ${\alpha}$ : 1, 1, ${\sqrt{x}}$(${\sqrt{u}}$, ${\sqrt{v}}$, ${\sqrt{w}}$)^ be a backward 3-step extension of a recursively generated weight sequence with 1 < x < u < v < w and let $W_{\alpha}$ be the associated weighted shift. In this paper we characterize completely the semi-cubical hyponormal $W_{\alpha}$ satisfying the additional assumption of the positive determinant coefficient property, which result is parallel to results for quadratic hyponormality.