Generalized numerical index of function algebras (Q2422482)

Summary: Let \(X\) be a complex Banach space and \(C_b(\Omega : X)\) be the Banach space of all bounded continuous functions from a Hausdorff space \(\Omega\) to \(X\), equipped with sup norm. A~closed subspace \(\mathcal{A}\) of \(C_b(\Omega : X)\) is said to be an \(X\)-valued function algebra if it satisfies the following three conditions: (i) \(A := \{x^\ast \circ f : f \in \mathcal{A},\ x^\ast \in X^\ast \}\) is a closed subalgebra of \(C_b(\Omega)\), the Banach space of all bounded complex-valued continuous functions; (ii) \(\phi \otimes x \in \mathcal{A}\) for all \(\phi \in A\) and \(x \in X\); and (iii) \(\phi f \in \mathcal{A}\) for every \(\phi \in A\) and for every \(f \in \mathcal{A}\). It is shown that \(k\)-homogeneous polynomial and analytic numerical index of certain \(X\)-valued function algebras are the same as those of \(X\).