Lie ring isomorphisms between nest algebras on Banach spaces (Q2253107)

The aim of this paper is to obtain a characterization of Lie ring isomorphisms between nest algebras on Banach spaces. Let \(X,Y\) be real or complex Banach spaces, let \(\mathcal{N}\) and \(\mathcal{M}\) be nests in \(X\) and \(Y\), respectively, and let \(\operatorname{Alg}\mathcal{N}, \operatorname{Alg}\mathcal{M}\) be the corresponding nest algebras. A map \(\Phi: \operatorname{Alg}\mathcal{N}\to\operatorname{Alg}\mathcal{M}\) is called a \textit{Lie ring isomorphism} if \(\Phi\) is bijective, additive and preserves the Lie product, i.e., for all \(A,B\in\operatorname{Alg}\mathcal{N}\), \(\Phi([A,B])=[\Phi(A),\Phi(B)]\). In the spirit of the characterization of Lie algebraic isomorphisms obtained in the Hilbert space setting by \textit{L. W. Marcoux} and \textit{A. R. Sourour} [J. Funct. Anal. 164, No. 1, 163--180 (1999; Zbl 0940.47061)], it is shown that a map \(\Phi: \operatorname{Alg}\mathcal{N}\to\operatorname {Alg}\mathcal{M}\) is a Lie ring isomorphism if and only if, for all \(A\in\operatorname{Alg}\mathcal{N}\), \(\Phi(A)=\Psi(A)+h(A)I\), where \(h\) is an additive functional on \(\operatorname {Alg}\mathcal{N}\) vanishing on all commutators and \(\Psi\) is a ring isomorphism or the negative of a ring anti-isomorphism. Furthermore, concrete expressions are established for \(\Phi\) based on the characterizations of ring isomorphisms and ring anti-isomorphisms of nest algebras on Banach spaces [\textit{J.-C. Hou} and \textit{X.-L. Zhang}, Linear Algebra Appl. 387, 343--360 (2004; Zbl 1061.47035)].