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Spectra of products variously permutated
Let $x,y$ be elements of a Banach algebra $A$ and $\lambda\in\mathbb C\setminus\{0\}$. If $\lambda-xy $ is invertible, then $\frac1{\lambda}\big[1+y(\lambda-xy)^{-1}x \big]$ is clearly an inverse of $...
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Rigorous justification for this formal solution to $f(x+1)+f(x)=g(x)$
Let $g\in C(\Bbb R)$ be given, we want to find a solution $f\in C(\Bbb R)$ of the equation
$$
f(x+1) + f(x) = g(x).
$$
We may rewrite the equation using the right-shift operator $(Tf)(x) = f(x+1)$...
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Regarding variation of spectra
I have been reading the article The variation of spectra by J.D Newburgh. in this article and all related reference/ articles, the term 'variation of spectra' keeps coming in, but I nowhere find a ...
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Non-emptiness of spectrum $\sigma(a)$ in non-Archimedean Banach algebras
I'm trying to determine whether or not the standard proof that the spectrum of a point in a unital Banach algebra is non-empty can be adapted to prove the same thing over certain non-Archimedean ...
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Regarding significance of spectral variation under algebraic operations
I have been reading the paper Determining elements in $C^∗$-algebras through spectral properties.
The paper discusses about what would be the relation be between two elements $a$ and $b$ of a Banach ...
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Resource recommendation: Spectral theory and $C^*$ algebras
I have formally studied functional analysis, both as university courses, and by myself, but this is one area of mathematics I find so huge and complicated, I have a hard time properly getting into it.
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Holomorphic functional calculus and idempotents
One of the applications of the holomorphic functional calculus is with regard to idempotents. For instance, if an element $a$ in a unital Banach algebra $A$ has spectrum contained in two balls, each ...
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How does $E$ closed follow from the upper semicontinuity of the spectrum?
Let $f$ be an analytic function for a domain $D$ of $\mathbb{C}$ into a Banach algebra $A$. Suppose that, for all $\lambda \in D$, $\text{Sp}f(\lambda)$ is finite or a sequence converging to $0$.
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$\mathcal P(K)=\mathcal R(K)$ iff $\Bbb C\backslash K$ is connected
Let $K$ be a compact set in $\Bbb C$. Let $\mathcal P(K)$ be the closed algebra generated by polynomials on $K$ and $\mathcal R(K)$ the closed algebra generated by rational functions without poles in $...
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In a Banach algebra, do ab and ba have almost the same exponential spectrum?
Let $A$ be a complex Banach algebra with identity 1. Define the exponential spectrum $e(x)$ of an element $x\in A$ by $$e(x)= \{\lambda\in\mathbb{C}: x-\lambda1 \notin G_1(A)\},$$ where $G_1(A)$ is ...
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Characterizing the separability of the Gelfand space of a semisimple commutative Banach algebra
Problem. Is the separability of the Gelfand space of a semi-simple commutative Banach algebra $A$ equivalent to the existence of a countable family $\{\varphi_n\}_{n\in\omega}$ of multiplicative ...
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Do we require $A$ and $B$ to be semi-simple?
I previously asked the following question of MathOverflow: Showing that $\phi$ is a Jordan morphism
in which I was asking assistance with proving the following statement made in the introduction ...
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What is the character space of $\mathcal P(K)$?
Let $K$ be a compact subset of $\Bbb C$. Let $\mathcal P(K)$ be the closed algebra generated by the complex polynomials on $K$.
What is the character space $\Phi_{\mathcal P(K)}$ of $\mathcal P(K)$?...
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spectra of sums in (Banach) algebras
A similar question was already asked in question titled "Spectra of sums and products in (Banach) algebras [was: Spectrum in Banach Algebra]".
Answer there led me to the following question.
If for ...
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spectra of sums and products in (Banach) algebras [was: Spectrum in Banach Algebra]
Let a,b be 2 elements in a Banach Algebra.Let Spec(x) denote the spectrum of an element x. If a,b commute with each other, then by Gelfand Transformation, we have Spec(a+b) is a subset of Spec(a)+Spec(...
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Maximal spectrum of a complex, unital and commutative Banach-algebra
Let $A$ be a complex, unital and commutative Banach-algebra.
Question: Is the maximal spectrum $Max(A)$ of $A$ endowed with the topology induced by the prime spectrum $Spec(A)$ of $A$, Hausdorff?
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Banach Algebras and the peripheral spectrum
Here is a little theorem that I'm trying to prove. I haven't seen it in literature before, but I think the applications will be quite useful, particularly in the context of Banach algebras.
Denote ...
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