The Daugavet equation for polynomials on \(C^\ast\)-algebras (Q2258996)

This work is devoted to study the Daugavet equation and the alternative Daugavet equation for polynomials on \(C^*\)-algebras. The results in the paper contribute to the knowledge of both equations mainly in the case of non-commutative \(C^*\)-algebras. In this setting, polynomial analogues to previously known results in the linear case are obtained. More precisely, the author shows that every polynomial of finite type on a \(C^*\)-algebra \(\mathcal{A}\) satisfies the Daugavet equation if and only if \(\mathcal{A}\) is non-atomic. Similarly, it is shown that every polynomial of finite type satisfies the alternative Daugavet equation if and only if all atomic projections of \(\mathcal{A}\) are central. These results are in fact deduced from more general ones dealing with \(JB^*\)-triples.