A Note on a Class of Operators

The aim of this note is to study the spectral properties of the LUECKE's class R of operators T such that ‖(T – zI)^?1‖=1/d(z, W(T)) for all z?CLW(T), where CLW(T) is the closure of the numerical range W(T) of T and d(z, W(T)) is the distance from z to W(T). The main emphasis is on the investigation of those properties of operators of class R which are either similar to or distinct from those of operators satisfying the growth condition (G₁).