Gleason-kahane-Żelazko theorem for spectrally bounded algebra

We prove by elementary methods the following generalization of a theorem due to Gleason, Kahane, and Żelazko. Let A be a real algebra with unit 1 such that the spectrum of every element in A is bounded and let φ:A→ℂ be a linear map such that φ(1)=1 and (φ(a))2+(φ(b))2≠0 for all a, b in A satisfying...

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Main Authors: S. H. Kulkarni, D. Sukumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2005-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/IJMMS.2005.2447