A formula for the numerical range of an elementary operator on C*-algebra

Abstract: Let

A

be a

C^{*} -

algebra with unit element

1

and unitary group

U .

Let

a = (a_{1}, ..., a_{k})

and

b = (b_{1}, ..., b_{k})

two

k -

tuples of elements in

A .

The elementary operator associated to

a

and

b

is defined by

R_{a, b} (x) = s u m_{i = 1}^{k} a_{i} x b_{i} .

In this paper we prove the following formula for the numerical range of

R_{a, b}

:

V(R_{a, b}, B(A))= [cup { V(sum_{i=1}^ {k}u^*a_iub_i, A): uin U} ]^-.

This formulat solves the problem 4.5 of cite{Fi}.

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