scholarly journals Polynomials in a hermitian element

1988 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Crabb ◽  
C. M. McGregor

For an element a of a unital Banach algebra A with dual space A′, we define the numerical range V(a) = {f(a):f ∊ A′, ∥f∥ = f(1) = 1}, and the numerical radius v(a) = sup{⃒z⃒:z ∊ V(a)}. An element a is said to be Hermitian if V(a) ⊆ ℝ ,equivalently ∥exp (ita)∥ = 1(t ∊ ℝ). Under the condition V(h) ⊆ [-1, 1], any polynomial in h attains its greatest norm in the algebra Ea[-1,1], generated by an element h with V(h) = [-1, 1].

1971 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Crabb

Let X be a complex normed space, with dual space X′. Let T be a bounded linear operator on X. The numerical range V(T) of T is defined as {f(Tx): x ∈ X, f ∈ X′, ‖ x ‖ = ‖ f ‖ = f(x) = 1}, and the numerical radius v(T) of T is defined as sup {|z|: z ∈ V(T)}. For a unital Banach algebra A, the numerical range V(a) of a ∈ A is defined as V(Ta), where Ta is the operator on A defined by Tab = ab. It is shown in (2, Chapter 1.2, Lemma 2) that V(a) = {f(a): f ∈ D(1)}, where D(1) = {f ∈ A′: ‖f‖ = f(1) = 1}.


Author(s):  
R. R. Smith

Among the elements of a complex unital Banach algebra the real subspace of hermitian elements deserves special attention. This forms the natural generalization of the set of self-adjoint elements in a C*-algebra and exhibits many of the same properties. Two equivalent definitions may be given: if W(h) ⊂ , where W(h) denotes the numerical range of h (7), or if ║eiλh║ = 1 for all λ ∈ . In this paper some related subsets are introduced and studied. For δ ≥ 0, an element is said to be a member of if the conditionis satisfied. These may be termed the elements of thin numerical range if δ is small.


1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Crabb ◽  
C. M. McGregor

An element k of a unital Banach algebra A is said to be Hermitian if its numerical rangeis contained in ℝ; equivalently, ∥eitk∥ = 1(t ∈ ℝ)—see Bonsall and Duncan [3] and [4]. Here we find the largest possible extent of V(kn), n ∈ ℕ, given V(k) ⊆ [−1, 1], and so ∥k∥ ≤ 1: previous knowledge is in Bollobás [2] and Crabb, Duncan and McGregor [7]. The largest possible sets all occur in a single example. Surprisingly, they all have straight line segments in their boundaries. The example is in [2] and [7], but here we give A. Browder's construction from [5], partly published in [6]. We are grateful to him for a copy of [5], and for discussions which led to the present work. We are also grateful to J. Duncan for useful discussions.


1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Aparicio ◽  
F. Ocaña ◽  
R. Payá ◽  
A. Rodríguez

The following result in the theory of numerical ranges in Banach algebras is well known (see [3, Theorem 12.2]). The numerical range of an element F in the bidual of a unital Banach algebra A is the closure of the set of values at F of the w*-continuous states of . As a consequence of the results in this paper the following


1989 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 633-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Gaur ◽  
T. Husain

In this paper, the notion of spatial numerical range of elements of Banach algebras without identity is studied. Specifically, the relationship between spatial numerical ranges, numerical ranges and spectra is investigated. Among other results, it is shown that the closure of the spatial numerical range of an element of a Banach algebra without Identity but wlth regular norm is exactly its numerical range as an element of the unitized algebra. Futhermore, the closure of the spatial numerical range of a hermitian element coincides with the convex hull of its spectrum. In particular, spatial numerical ranges of the elements of the Banach algebraC0(X)are described.


1985 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-95
Author(s):  
J. Martinez-Moreno ◽  
A. Rodriguez-Palacios

If a is an element of a complex unital Banach algebra whose numerical range is confined to a closed angular region with vertex at zero and angle strictly less than π, we imbed a in a holomorphic semigroup with parameter in the open right half plane.There has been recently a great development in the theory of semigroups in Banach algebras (see [6]), with attention focused on the relation between the structure of a given Banach algebra and the existence of continuous or holomorphic non-trivial semigroups with certain properties with range in this algebra. The interest of this paper arises from the fact that we relate in it, we think for the first time, this new point of view in the theory of Banach algebras with the already classic one of numerical ranges [2,3]. The proofs of our results use, in addition to some basic ideas from numerical ranges in Banach algebras, the concept of extremal algebra Ea(K) of a compact convex set K in ℂ due to Bollobas [1] and concretely the realization of Ea(K) achieved by Crabb, Duncan and McGregor [4].


1971 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Béla Bollobás

Let X be a complex normed space with dual space X′ and let T be a bounded linear operator on X. The numerical range of T is defined asand the numerical radius is v(T) = sup {|ν: νε V(T)}. Most known results and problems concerning numerical range can be found in the notes by Bonsall and Duncan (5).


1981 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-307
Author(s):  
R. R. Smith

An elementary consequence of the Hahn-Banach theorem is that every Banach space Y is ω*-dense in its second dual Y**, so that every element y ∈ Y** is the w*-limit of a net {ya}α ∈ Λ from Y. There is, of course, a great deal of choice in the selection of such a net, and so one may impose extra conditions on the net related to some special property of the limit point, and then ask for existence. The object of this paper is to present such a result in the context of a unital Banach algebra and its second dual , and then to give two applications to Banach algebra theory. The theorem to be proved is this: if the numerical range W(a) of an element in has non-empty interior then a is the ω*-limit of a net {aa}α ∈ Λ from whose numerical ranges are contained in W(a), while if W(a) has empty interior then the numerical ranges W(aα) are contained in a shrinking set of neighbourhoods of W(a).


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 1850021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Zivari-Kazempour

We prove that each surjective Jordan homomorphism from a Banach algebra [Formula: see text] onto a semiprime commutative Banach algebra [Formula: see text] is a homomorphism, and each 5-Jordan homomorphism from a unital Banach algebra [Formula: see text] into a semisimple commutative Banach algebra [Formula: see text] is a 5-homomorphism.


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