The uniqueness of norm problem in Banach algebras with finite dimensional radical

Author(s):  
Richard J. Loy
2006 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hung Le Pham

AbstractThe paper [3] proved a necessary algebraic condition for a Banach algebra A with finite-dimensional radical R to have a unique complete (algebra) norm, and conjectured that this condition is also sufficient. We extend the above theorem. The conjecture is confirmed in the case where A is separable and A/R is commutative, but is shown to fail in general. Similar questions for derivations are discussed.


Axioms ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 221
Author(s):  
David Yost

We discuss two facets of the interaction between geometry and algebra in Banach algebras. In the class of unital Banach algebras, there is essentially one known example which is also strictly convex as a Banach space. We recall this example, which is finite-dimensional, and consider the open question of generalising it to infinite dimensions. In C*-algebras, we exhibit one striking example of the tighter relationship that exists between algebra and geometry there.


Author(s):  
S.A. Ayupov ◽  
F.N. Arzikulov

The present paper is devoted to 2-local derivations. In 1997, P. Semrl introduced the notion of 2-local derivations and described 2-local derivations on the algebra B(H) of all bounded linear operators on the infinite-dimensional separable Hilbert space H. After this, a number of paper were devoted to 2-local maps on different types of rings, algebras, Banach algebras and Banach spaces. A similar description for the finite-dimensional case appeared later in the paper of S. O. Kim and J. S. Kim. Y. Lin and T. Wong described 2-local derivations on matrix algebras over a finite-dimensional division ring. Sh. A. Ayupov and K. K. Kudaybergenov suggested a new technique and have generalized the above mentioned results for arbitrary Hilbert spaces. Namely they considered 2-local derivations on the algebra B(H) of all linear bounded operators on an arbitrary Hilbert space H and proved that every 2-local derivation on B(H) is a derivation. Then there appeared several papers dealing with 2-local derivations on associative algebras. In the present paper 2-lo\-cal derivations on various algebras of infinite dimensional matrix-valued functions on a compactum are described. We develop an algebraic approach to investigation of derivations and \mbox{2-local} derivations on algebras of infinite dimensional matrix-valued functions on a compactum and prove that every such 2-local derivation is a derivation. As the main result of the paper it is established that every \mbox{2-local} derivation on a ∗-algebra C(Q,Mn(F)) or C(Q,Nn(F)), where Q is a compactum, Mn(F) is the ∗-algebra of infinite dimensional matrices over complex numbers (real numbers or quaternoins) defined in section 1, Nn(F) is the ∗-subalgebra of Mn(F) defined in section 2, is a derivation. Also we explain that the method developed in the paper can be applied to Jordan and Lie algebras of infinite dimensional matrix-valued functions on a compactum.


2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-297
Author(s):  
Abdullah Alahmari ◽  
Falih A. Aldosray ◽  
Mohamed Mabrouk

AbstractLet 𝔄 be a unital Banach algebra and ℜ its Jacobson radical. This paper investigates Banach algebras satisfying some chain conditions on closed ideals. In particular, it is shown that a Banach algebra 𝔄 satisfies the descending chain condition on closed left ideals then 𝔄/ℜ is finite dimensional. We also prove that a C*-algebra satisfies the ascending chain condition on left annihilators if and only if it is finite dimensional. Moreover, other auxiliary results are established.


2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Crabb ◽  
J. Duncan ◽  
C. M. McGregor

AbstractLet S be the semigroup with identity, generated by x and y, subject to y being invertible and yx = xy2. We study two Banach algebra completions of the semigroup algebra ℂS. Both completions are shown to be left-primitive and have separating families of irreducible infinite-dimensional right modules. As an appendix, we offer an alternative proof that ℂS is left-primitive but not right-primitive. We show further that, in contrast to the completions, every irreducible right module for ℂS is finite dimensional and hence that ℂS has a separating family of such modules.


1974 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Duncan ◽  
A. W. Tullo

In this note we present some rather loosely connected results on Banach algebras together with some illustrative examples. We consider various conditions on a Banach algebra which imply that it is finite dimensional. We also consider conditions which imply the existence of non-zero nilpotents, and hence the existence of finite dimensional subalgebras. In the setting of Banach algebras quasinilpotents figure more prominently than nilpotents. We give an example of a non-commutative Banach algebra in which 0 is the only quasinilpotent; this resolves a problem of Hirschfeld and Zelazko (4).


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