Some characterizations of Hermitian Banach algebras (Q1696499)
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Some characterizations of Hermitian Banach algebras (English)
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14 February 2018
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A \(^*\)-algebra \(A\) is said to be Hermitian if \(\mathrm{Sp}(a)\subseteq\mathbb{R}\) for every \(a=a^*\in A\). In this paper, the author proves many new results concerning the properties of Hermitian Banach \(^*\)-algebras. A sample result is Corollary 4.5, which says that, for a Hermitian Banach \(^*\)-algebra \(A\), if \(A_+\) does not contain zero-divisors, then the spectrum of each self-adjoint element of \(A\) is an interval.
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Hermitian algebras
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convex cones
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positive elements
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algebraic zero-divisors
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