## Annals of Functional Analysis

### Polynomial identification in uniform and operator algebras

#### Abstract

Let $\A$ be a unital Banach algebra, and denote the spectral radius of $f\in\A$ by $\rho(f)$. If $\A$ is a uniform algebra and $\rho(fh+1)=\rho(gh+1)$ for all $h\in\A$, then it can be shown that $f=g$, a result that also carries in algebras of bounded linear operators on Banach spaces. On the other hand $\rho(fh)=\rho(gh)$ does not imply $f=g$ in any unital algebra, marking a distinction between the polynomials $p(z,w)=zw+1$ and $p(z,w)=zw$. Such results are known as spectral identification lemmas, and in this work we demonstrate first- and second-degree polynomials of two variables that lead to identification via the spectral radius, peripheral spectrum, or full spectrum in uniform algebras and in algebras of bounded linear operators on Banach spaces. The primary usefulness of identification lemmas is to determine the injectivity of a class of mappings that preserve portions of the spectrum, and results corresponding to the given identifications are also presented.

#### Article information

Source
Ann. Funct. Anal., Volume 1, Number 1 (2010), 105-122 .

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 12 May 2014

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.afa/1399900997

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.15352/afa/1399900997

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2755463

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1220.46032

#### Citation

Ethier, Dillon; Lindberg, Tova; Luttman, Aaron. Polynomial identification in uniform and operator algebras. Ann. Funct. Anal. 1 (2010), no. 1, 105--122. doi:10.15352/afa/1399900997. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.afa/1399900997

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