Range-commutativity maps on *-algebras.
Let A be an arbitrary, unital and semisimple Banach algebra with nonzero socle. We investigate the relationship between the spectral rank (defined by B. Aupetit and H. Mouton) and the Drazin index for elements belonging to the socle of A. In particular, we show that the results for the finite-dimensional case can be extended to the (infinite-dimensional) socle of A.
As a follow-up to a paper of Aupetit and Mouton (1996), we consider the spectral definitions of rank, trace and determinant applied to elements in a general Banach algebra. We prove a generalization of Sylvester's Determinant Theorem to Banach algebras and thereafter a generalization of the Frobenius inequality.
For 0 ≤ α < 1, an operator U ∈ L(X,Y) is called a rank α operator if implies Uxₙ → Ux in norm. We give some results on rank α operators, including an interpolation result and a characterization of rank α operators U: C(T,X) → Y in terms of their representing measures.
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