Complexification norms and estimates for polynomials (Q2708477)

Let \(X\) be a real normed space. There is a canonical complexification \(X_{\mathbb C}\) of the underlying vector space. This complexification can be described in terms of couples \(X_{\mathbb C} = X \times X\) or in terms of tensor products \(X \otimes {\mathbb R}^2\), but there is no canonical way to extend the norm from \(X\) to \(X_{\mathbb C}\). The author gives an overview about various known methods to define a norm on \(X_{\mathbb C}\), on the dual space \(X_{\mathbb C}^{\ast}\), and on the space of continuous linear operators, about generalizations to multilinear mappings and polynomials which were made in the authors thesis [``Complexification of multilinear and polynomial mappings on normed spaces'', Ph.D. Thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway (1997)], about basic results and open problems concerning these topics.