The regularity radius in locally \(A\)-convex algebras (Q2255109)

The paper deals with the following property: When is the radius of boundedness (also called ``regularity radius'') of an element of a topological algebra equal to the spectral radius of the same element? Let \((E, (p_\lambda)_{\lambda\in\Lambda})\) be a complex topological algebra and define a family \((q_\lambda)_{\lambda\in\Lambda}\) of seminorms on \(E\) by setting \(q_\lambda(x)=\sup\{p_\lambda(xy) : p_\lambda(y)\leq 1\}\) for every \(x\in E\). It is shown that if \(E\) is a unital locally \(A\)-convex algebra, then the seminorms \(q_\lambda\) are all square-preserving and if \(E\) is either advertibly complete or pseudo-complete, then the radius of boundedness and the spectral radius coincide for all elements of \(E\). Some similar results with conditions on the set of all non-zero continuous multiplicative linear functionals on \(E\), replacing the advertible completeness or pseudo-completeness, are also obtained.