On the local spectral radius of positive operators (Q4780423)

The aim of this paper is to construct some results on the local spectral radius of the sum and composition of two operators. Let \(X\) be a Banach space and \(A\) be a bounded linear operator on \(X\). Let \(r(A),r(A,x)\) denote the spectral radius of \(A\) and the local spectral radius of \(A\) at \(x \in X\), respectively. Let \(K\) be a cone in \(X\), \(u_{0} \in K\) and \(u_{0} \not= 0\). A bounded linear operator \(A: X \rightarrow X\) is called \(u_{0}\)-upper bounded if for every \(x \in X\) there exists a nonnegative number \(\alpha(x)\) such that \(Ax \prec \alpha(x) u_{0}\). The author assumes that \(K\) is a normal cone in a Banach space \(X\) and \(A\) and \(B\) are bounded positive linear operators and considers the following inequalities: (i) \(r(A +B,u_{0}) \leq r(A,u_{0}) +r(B,u_{0})\); (ii) \(r(AB,u_{0}) \leq r(A,u_{0})r(B,u_{0})\) and \(r(BA,u_{0})\leq r(A,u_{0})r(B,u_{0}).\) In the paper under review, the author presents some sufficient conditions in order for the inequalities (i) and (ii) to hold.