Real-linear isometries and jointly norm-additive maps on function algebras (Q305853)

Let \(X,Y\) be locally compact Hausdorff spaces and let \(A,B\) be the uniform closures of two function algebras on \(X\) and \(Y\) respectively. Let \(P,Q\) be non-empty sets. This paper deals with the structure of surjections \(T_1: P \rightarrow B\), \(T_2: Q \rightarrow B\) which satisfy the condition (joint norm additivity) that for some surjections \(S_1: P \rightarrow A\), \(S_2: Q \rightarrow A\), \(\|T_1(p)+T_2(q)\| = \|S_1(p)+S_2(q)\|\) for \(p \in P\), \(q \in Q\). The description is in terms of a surjective homomorphism of the Choquet boundaries, a continuous unimodular weight function on the Choquet boundary of \(B\). The values are determined by a clopen subset of the Choquet boundary of \(B\) as well as fixed points from the zero sets of \(S_1,S_2\). In order to prove this theorem, the authors first study the structure of surjective real-linear isometries between \(A,B\) and use the Mazur-Ulam theorem to obtain the conclusion in the case of jointly norm-additive maps.