A ternary characterization of automorphisms of \({\mathbb B}({\mathcal H})\) (Q533320)

Let \({\mathcal B}(H)\) be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a complex Hilbert space \(H\) and let \(\sigma(T)\) stand for the spectrum of \(T\in{\mathcal B}(H)\). The authors show that a \(*\)-surjective mapping \(\varphi\) on \({\mathcal B}(H)\) is either an algebra automorphism or an algebra anti-automorphism provided that one of the following conditions holds: (1) \(\sigma(\varphi(A)\varphi(B)\varphi(A)^*)=\sigma(ABA^*)\) for all \(A,B\in{\mathcal B}(H)\). (2) \(\sigma(|\varphi(A)|^2\varphi(B))=\sigma(|A|^2B)\) for all \(A,B\in{\mathcal B}(H)\).