| Abstract: | Let \({(C(t))_{t\in \mathbb R}}\) be a cosine function in a unital Banach algebra. We show that if \({\sup_{t\in \mathbb R}\Vert C(t)-c(t)\Vert < 2}\) for some continuous scalar bounded cosine function \({(c(t))_{t\in \mathbb R},}\) then the closed subalgebra generated by \({(C(t))_{t\in \mathbb R}}\) is isomorphic to \({\mathbb C^k}\) for some positive integer k. If, further, \({\sup_{t\in \mathbb R}\Vert C(t)-c(t)\Vert < \frac{8}{3\sqrt 3},}\) then \({C(t)=c(t)}\) for \({t\in \mathbb R}\). |
