Further radii in topological algebras (Q1420737)

Two different definitions of radii are considered for general topological algebras. The first one, \(\eta\), plays a role similar to that of the norm in Banach algebras such that the series \(\sum x^n\) converges whenever \(\eta<1\). The second one permits, among other things, to give new expressions of the spectral radius \(\rho\) and the boundedness radius \(\beta\) in a non-commutative locally \(m\)-convex algebra. It is shown that, in contrast to the locally convex setting, \(\beta\) need not be dominated by \(\rho\) in a topological (even F-) algebra with continuous inversion.