Spectral properties of the Lau product \(\mathcal{A}\times_{\theta}\mathcal{B}\) of Banach algebras (Q1751986)

Let \(A\) and \(B\) be commutative Banach algebras, and let \(\theta\) be a multiplicative linear functional on \(B\). Then \(A\times B\) turns into a Banach algebra, denoted by \(A\times_\theta B\), with respect to the multiplication defined by \((a,b)(c,d)=(ac+\theta(d)a+\theta(b)c,bd)\) and the norm defined by \(\| (a,b)\|=\| a\|+\| b\|\) \(((a,b),(c,d)\in A\times B)\). The authors relate spectral properties of the algebra \(A\times_\theta B\) (such as the unique uniform norm property, the spectral extension property, the multiplicative Hahn-Banach property, and the unique semisimple norm property) to such properties of \(A\) and \(B\).