The \((b,c)\)-inverse in rings and in the Banach context (Q1674183)

The manuscript deals with properties, relationship with other inverses and characterizations of the \((b,c)\)-inverse in rings and Banach algebras. Let \({\mathcal R}\) be a ring with unity and consider \(b,c \in {\mathcal R}\). The element \(a \in {\mathcal R}\) it said to be \((b,c)\)-invertible if there exists \(y \in {\mathcal R}\) such that the following equations hold: {\parindent=7mm \begin{itemize}\item[(i)] \(y \in (b{\mathcal R}y) \bigcap (y{\mathcal R}c)\), \item[(ii)] \(b=yab\), \(c=cay\), \end{itemize}} where \(a{\mathcal R}=\{ax: x \in {\mathcal R} \}\) and \({\mathcal R}a= \{xa : x \in {\mathcal R} \}\). A particular case of the \((b,c)\)-inverse also analyzed is the Bott-Duffin \((p,q)\)-inverse. Several equivalent conditions for the existence of the \((b,c)\)-inverse are presented. In particular, the conditions ensuring the existence of the \((b,c)\)-inverse, of the annihilator \((b,c)\)-inverse and of the hybrid \((b,c)\)-inverse are proved to be equivalent, provided \(b\) and \(c\) are regular elements in a unitary ring \({\mathcal R}\). In addition, in Section 4, the set of all \((b,c)\)-invertible elements in a unitary ring is characterized and more equivalent characterizations of the \((b,c)\)-inverse are proved. The relationship between the \((b,c)\)-inverse and the Bott-Duffin \((p,q)\)-inverse is studied. In fact, on the one hand, the latter inverse is a particular case of the former inverse (when \(b\) and \(c\) are idempotents); on the other hand, it is proved that \((b,c)\)-invertible elements are Bott-Duffin \((p,q)\)-invertible for suitable \(p\) and \(q\). The reverse order law for the \((b,c)\)-inverse and the Bott-Duffin \((p,q)\)-inverse is also studied. Finally, several results concerning integral representations, convergent series, limits, approximation and continuity of the \((b,c)\)-inverse is presented.