Trace and determinant in Jordan-Banach algebras (Q699460)

The authors introduce a new definition of the trace and determinant of elements with finite spectrum in Jordan-Banach algebras. A nonassociative generalization is obtained for a result of J. Zemanek which says that any two projections \(p,q\) such that \(\|p-q\|<1\) are analytically connected. The main result of the paper says that the rank of the Riesz projection associated to a finite-rank element \(a\) and a finite subset of its spectrum is equivalent to the sum of the multiplicities of these spectral values. In the last section, the linearity and continuity of the trace and multiplicativity of the determinant are proved.