We answer, by counterexample, several open questions concerning algebras of operators on a Hilbert space. The answers add further weight to the thesis that, for many purposes, such algebras ought to be studied in the framework of operator spaces, as opposed to that of Banach spaces and Banach algebras. We also answer a natural question about automatic w*-continuity arising in the preceding pape...

Several results are proved concerning representations of multiplier algebras that arise as extensions of representations of underlying Banach algebras. These results are then used to rederive Kisyński’s generalisation of the Hille–Yosida theorem and to establish two generalisations of the Trotter–Kato theorem, one of which, involving Banach bundles, is abstract and the other is classical in cha...

Let A be a Banach algebra. We call a pair (G,A) a Gelfand theory for A if the following axioms are satisfied: (G 1) A is a C∗-algebra, and G : A → A is a homomorphism; (G 2) the assignment L 7→ G−1(L) is a bijection between the sets of maximal modular left ideals of A and A, respectively; (G 3) for each maximal modular left ideal L of A, the linear map GL : A/G−1(L) → A/L induced by G has dense...

In the present paper, the Hyers-Ulam stability and also the superstability of double centralizers and multipliers on Banach algebras are established by using a fixed point method. With this method, the condition of without order on Banach algebras is no longer necessary.

We use the Poisson integral formula in order to establish harmonic functional calculus for quotient involutive Banach algebras. We give several properties of this functional calculus. L.Waelbroeck’s holomorphic functional calculus is a special case of ours. We use our harmonic functional calculus to extend result of J.W.M.Ford to quotient involutive Banach algebras. L.WAELBROECK a montré dans [...

Several representations of the generalized Drazin inverse of an anti-triangular block matrix in Banach algebra are given in terms of the generalized Banachiewicz--Schur form.  

We present a variety of open questions in automatic continuity theory, concentrating on homomorphisms between Banach algebras and derivations from a Banach algebra A into a Banach A-bimodule.

1 Fundamentals of the Theory of Banach Algebras 2 1.1 Basic definitions and notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.2 The spectrum and the resolvent set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.3 Properties of the inverse function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.4 Characters and the Gelfand Transform . . . . . ....

Let $ (A,| cdot |) $ be a real Banach algebra, a complex algebra $ A_mathbb{C} $ be a complexification of $ A $ and $ | | cdot | | $ be an algebra norm on  $ A_mathbb{C}  $  satisfying a simple condition together with the norm $ | cdot | $ on $ A$.  In this paper we first show that $ A^* $ is a real Banach $ A^{**}$-module if and only if $ (A_mathbb{C})^* $ is a complex Banach $ (A_mathbb{C})^{...

1. Topological Vector Spaces 1 1.1. The Krein-Milman theorem 7 2. Banach Algebras 11 2.1. Commutative Banach algebras 14 2.2. ∗–Algebras (over complexes) 17 2.3. Problems on Banach algebras 20 3. The Spectral Theorem 21 3.1. Problems on the Spectral Theorem (Multiplication Operator Form) 26 3.2. Integration with respect to a Projection Valued Measure 27 3.3. The Functional Calculus 34 4. Unboun...