Mappings preserving the idempotency of products of operators

We obtain a general form of a surjective (not assumed additive) mapping φ, preserving the nonzero idempotency of a certain product, being defined (a) on the algebra of all bounded linear operators B(X), where X is at least three-dimensional real or complex Banach space, (b) on the set of all rank-one idempotents in B(X) and (c) on the set of all idempotents in B(X). In any of the cases it turns out that φ is additive and either multiplicative or antimultiplicative.     

Maps preserving the idempotency of products of operators

Let B(X) be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a complex Banach space X. We give the concrete form of every unital surjective map φ on B(X) such that AB is a non-zero idempotent if and only if φ(A)φ(B) is for all A,B∈B(X) when the dimension of X is at least 3.     

Invertibility preserving linear maps on

For Banach spaces and , we show that every unital bijective invertibility preserving linear map between and is a Jordan isomorphism. The same conclusion holds for maps between and .

     

Additive maps preserving the ascent and descent of operators

Let and be the algebras of all bounded linear operators on infinite dimensional complex Banach spaces X and Y, respectively. We characterize additive maps from onto preserving different quantities such as the nullity, the defect, the ascent, and the descent of operators.     

Linear maps preserving group majorization

A necessary and sufficient condition for a linear map to preserve group majorizations is given. The condition is applied to prove some preservation results.     

Linear maps preserving the minimum and surjectivity moduli of Hilbert space operators

Let B(H) be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a complex infinite-dimensional Hilbert space H. For every T∈B(H), let m(T) and q(T) denote the minimum modulus and surjectivity modulus of T respectively. Let ?:B(H)→B(H) be a surjective linear map. In this paper, we prove that the following assertions are equivalent:

(i)

m(T)=m(?(T)) for all T∈B(H),

(ii)

q(T)=q(?(T)) for all T∈B(H),

(iii)

there exist two unitary operators U,V∈B(H) such that ?(T)=UTV for all T∈B(H).

This generalizes the result of Mbekhta [7, Theorem 3.1] to the non-unital case.     

Additive maps preserving rank-one operators on nest algebras

In this article, we give a thorough discussion of additive maps between nest algebras acting on Banach spaces which preserve rank-one operators in both directions.     

Linear approximation of approximately biorthogonality preserving maps

We investigate linear properties of mappings from a bounded domain of an n-dimensional normed space into another n-dimensional normed space such that the image of some almost biorthogonal system is almost biorthogonal. In this way we generalize a result of the author on stability of orthogonality in Euclidean spaces.     

Zero product preserving maps of operator-valued functions

Let be locally compact Hausdorff spaces and , be Banach algebras. Let be a zero product preserving bounded linear map with dense range. We show that is given by a continuous field of algebra homomorphisms from into if is irreducible. As corollaries, such a surjective arises from an algebra homomorphism, provided that is a -algebra and is a semi-simple Banach algebra, or both and are -algebras.

     

Linear maps preserving the set of Fredholm operators

Let be an infinite-dimensional separable complex Hilbert space and the algebra of all bounded linear operators on . In this paper we characterize surjective linear maps preserving the set of Fredholm operators in both directions. As an application we prove that preserves the essential spectrum if and only if the ideal of all compact operators is invariant under and the induced linear map on the Calkin algebra is either an automorphism, or an anti-automorphism. Moreover, we have, either or for every Fredholm operator .

     

Maps preserving numerical radius or cross norms of products of self-adjoint operators

Let H be a complex Hilbert space with dimH ≥3, Bs（H） the （real） Jordan algebra of all self-adjoint operators on H. Every surjective map Ф ： Bs（H）→13s（H） preserving numerical radius of operator products （respectively, Jordan triple products） is characterized. A characterization of surjective maps on Bs （H） preserving a cross operator norm of operator products （resp. Jordan triple products of operators） is also given.     

Maps preserving peripheral spectrum of generalized Jordan products of operators

Let X1 and X2 be complex Banach spaces with dimension at least three, A1 and A2 be standard operator algebras on X1 and X2, respectively. For k ≥ 2, let(i1, i2,..., im) be a finite sequence such that {i1, i2,..., im} = {1, 2,..., k} and assume that at least one of the terms in(i1,..., im) appears exactly once. Define the generalized Jordan product T1 o T2 o ··· o Tk= Ti1Ti2··· Tim+ Tim··· Ti2Ti1 on elements in Ai. This includes the usual Jordan product A1A2 + A2A1, and the Jordan triple A1 A2 A3 + A3 A2 A1. Let Φ : A1 → A2 be a map with range containing all operators of rank at most three. It is shown that Φ satisfies that σπ(Φ(A1) o ··· o Φ(Ak)) = σπ(A1 o ··· o Ak) for all A1,..., Ak,where σπ(A) stands for the peripheral spectrum of A, if and only if Φ is a Jordan isomorphism multiplied by an m-th root of unity.     

Commutativity preserving linear maps and Lie automorphisms of strictly triangular matrix space

In this paper we classify linear maps preserving commutativity in both directions on the space N(F) of strictly upper triangular (n+1)×(n+1) matrices over a field F. We show that for n3 a linear map on N(F) preserves commutativity in both directions if and only if =^′+f where ^′ is a product of standard maps on N(F) and f is a linear map of N(F) into its center.     

On linear maps preserving generalized invertibility and related properties

Let H be an infinite-dimensional complex Hilbert space, B(H) be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on H. We study surjective linear maps on B(H) preserving generalized invertibility. We also investigate surjective linear maps preserving Fredholm (respectively, semi-Fredholm) operators. Our results improve those of Mbekhta, Rodman and Šemrl.     

Nonlinear maps preserving Lie products on factor von Neumann algebras

In this paper, we prove that every bijective map preserving Lie products from a factor von Neumann algebra into another factor von Neumann algebra is of the form A→ψ(A)+ξ(A), where is an additive isomorphism or the negative of an additive anti-isomorphism and is a map with ξ(AB-BA)=0 for all .