Factorizations of EP Banach space operators and EP Banach algebra elements

EP Banach space operators and EP Banach algebra elements are characterized using different kinds of factorizations. The results obtained generalize well-known characterizations of EP matrices, EP Hilbert space operators and EP C^?-algebra elements. Furthermore, new results that hold in these contexts are presented.     

Characterizations of EP and normal Banach algebra elements and Banach space operators

Several characterizations of EP and normal Moore-Penrose invertible Banach algebra elements will be considered. The Banach space operator case will be also studied. The results of the present article will extend well known facts obtained in the frames of matrices and Hilbert space operators.     

The index for Fredholm elements in a Banach algebra via a trace II

We show that the index defined via a trace for Fredholm elements in a Banach algebra has the property that an index zero Fredholm element can be decomposed as the sum of an invertible element and an element in the socle. We identify the set of index zero Fredholm elements as an upper semiregularity with the Jacobson property. The Weyl spectrum is then characterized in terms of the index.     

Functions from the Schoenberg classT act in the cone of dissipative elements of a Banach algebra. IIact in the cone of dissipative elements of a Banach algebra. II

The functional calculus of several commuting dissipative elements of a complex Banach algebra with identity, first introduced in the preceding work by the author, is developed. Uniqueness, continuity, and stability theorems, composite function theorems, and a formula for the resolvent are established. Applications to the theory of sectorial operators in Hilbert space are given.     

Functions from the Schoenberg classT act in the cone of dissipative elements of a Banach algebra. IIact in the cone of dissipative elements of a Banach algebra. II

The functional calculus of several commuting dissipative elements of a complex Banach algebra with identity, first introduced in the preceding work by the author, is developed. Uniqueness, continuity, and stability theorems, composite function theorems, and a formula for the resolvent are established. Applications to the theory of sectorial operators in Hilbert space are given. Translated fromMatematickeskie Zametki, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 423–430, September, 1998.     

Exterior algebra of a Banach space

As far as we know, the exterior product with any norm has not been studied for Banach spaces. Especially, no studies have been done on Grassmann manifolds in Banach spaces. We think it is important to study these because simple m-vectors can be thought of as m-dimensional subspaces scaled in some way according to our work. We hope Banach space norms of simple m-vectors will yield metric information about their associated subspaces. In fact, this is the case with m-uniform convexity and m-uniform rotundity which are associated with area (in Banach spaces).     

On the Moore-Penrose inverse, EP Banach space operators, and EP Banach algebra elements

The main concern of this note is the Moore-Penrose inverse in the context of Banach spaces and algebras. Especially attention will be given to a particular class of elements with the aforementioned inverse, namely EP Banach space operators and Banach algebra elements, which will be studied and characterized extending well-known results obtained in the frame of Hilbert space operators and C^∗-algebra elements.     

Infinite products in a Banach algebra

A theory is developed for infinite products in a noncommutative Banach algebra. Sufficient conditions for the convergence of such a product are given. Conditions for analyticity of the product are also given in the case when the factors depend on a complex parameter.     

Nice connecting paths in connected components of sets of algebraic elements in a Banach algebra

Generalizing earlier results about the set of idempotents in a Banach algebra, or of self-adjoint idempotents in a C*-algebra, we announce constructions of nice connecting paths in the connected components of the set of elements in a Banach algebra, or of self-adjoint elements in a C*-algebra, that satisfy a given polynomial equation, without multiple roots. In particular, we prove that in the Banach algebra case every such non-central element lies on a complex line, all of whose points satisfy the given equation. We also formulate open questions.     

The Stiefel bundle of a Banach algebra

We introduce the Stiefel bundle associated to a given Banachable algebra and study the properties of this analytic principal fiber bundle over the Grassmannian of equivalence classes of idempotents in the algebra. Our main application concerns the bounded linear operators of a Banach space. In particular, the problem of smooth parametrization of subspaces can then be reduced to one involving the smooth extension of sections.     

The Banach algebra generated by a contraction

Let be a contraction on a Banach space and the Banach algebra generated by . Let be the unitary spectrum (i.e., the intersection of with the unit circle) of . We prove the following theorem of Katznelson-Tzafriri type: If is at most countable, then the Gelfand transform of vanishes on if and only if

     

On the S-transform over a Banach algebra

The S-transform is shown to satisfy a specific twisted multiplicativity property for free random variables in a B-valued Banach noncommutative probability space, for an arbitrary unital complex Banach algebra B. Also, a new proof of the additivity of the R-transform in this setting is given.     

Universal algebra of a Hom-Lie algebra and group-like elements

We construct the universal enveloping algebra of a Hom-Lie algebra and endow it with a Hom-Hopf algebra structure. We discuss group-like elements that we see as a Hom-group integrating the initial Hom-Lie algebra.