scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1127064

In its full generality, the problem to be discussed in the present lecture may be formulated as follows. Let \(A\) be a Banach algebra, \(F\) a compact set in the complex plane, and \(h\) a function holomorphic in some neighbourhood of the set \(F\). Thus \(h(a)\) is meaningful for each element \(a\in A\) whose spectrum \(\sigma(a)\) is contained in \(F\), and it is possible to evaluate the norm \(|h(a)|\). Problem: Compute the supremum of the norms \(|h(a)|\) as \(a\) ranges over all elements of \(A\) with spectrum contained in \(F\) and whose norm does not exceed one; that is, compute \(\sup\{|h(a)|; a\in A, \sigma(a)\subset F, |a|\leq 1\}\).

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