Let x be a positive element of an ordered Banach algebra. We prove a relationship between the spectra of x and of certain positive elements y for which either xy ≤ yx or yx ≤ xy. Furthermore, we show that the spectral radius is continuous at x, considered as an element of the set of all positive elements y ≥ x such that either xy ≤ yx or yx ≤ xy. We also show that the property ϱ(x + y) ≤ ϱ(x) + ϱ(y) of the spectral radius ϱ can be obtained for positive elements y which satisfy at least one of the...

Let P,Q be two linear idempotents on a Banach space. We show that the closedness of the range and complementarity of the kernel (range) of linear combinations of P and Q are independent of the choice of coefficients. This generalizes known results and shows that many spectral properties of linear combinations do not depend on their coefficients.

If G is a discrete group, the algebra CD(G) of convolution dominated operators on l²(G) (see Definition 1 below) is canonically isomorphic to a twisted L¹-algebra $l¹(G,l^{\infty }\left(G\right),T)$. For amenable and rigidly symmetric G we use this to show that any element of this algebra is invertible in the algebra itself if and only if it is invertible as a bounded operator on l²(G), i.e. CD(G) is spectral in the algebra of all bounded operators. For G commutative, this result is known (see [1], [6]), for G noncommutative discrete...

In this paper, we study the one-dimensional wave equation with Boltzmann damping. Two different Boltzmann integrals that represent the memory of materials are considered. The spectral properties for both cases are thoroughly analyzed. It is found that when the memory of system is counted from the infinity, the spectrum of system contains a left half complex plane, which is sharp contrast to the most results in elastic vibration systems that the vibrating dynamics can be considered from the vibration...

In this paper, we study the one-dimensional wave equation with Boltzmann damping. Two different Boltzmann integrals that represent the memory of materials are considered. The spectral properties for both cases are thoroughly analyzed. It is found that when the memory of system is counted from the infinity, the spectrum of system contains a left half complex plane, which is sharp contrast to the most results in elastic vibration systems that the vibrating dynamics can be considered from the vibration...

We give new results on square functions$${\parallel x\parallel }_F=\parallel {\left({\int }_0^{\infty }{\left|F\left(tA\right)x\right|}^2\frac{\mathrm{d}t}{t}\right)}^{1/2}{\parallel }_p$$associated to a sectorial operator $A$ on $L^p$ for $1\<p\<\infty$. Under the assumption that $A$ is actually $R$-sectorial, we prove equivalences of the form $K^{-1}{\parallel x\parallel }_G\le {\parallel x\parallel }_F\le K{\parallel x\parallel }_G$ for suitable functions $F,G$. We also show that $A$ has a bounded $H^{\infty }$ functional calculus with respect to ${\parallel .\parallel }_F$. Then we apply our results to the study of conditions under which we have an estimate $\parallel {({\int }_0^{\infty }|C{\mathrm{e}}^{-tA}{\left(x\right)|}^2\mathrm{d}t{)}^{1/2}\parallel }_q\le M{\parallel x\parallel }_p$, when $-A$ generates a bounded semigroup ${\mathrm{e}}^{-tA}$ on $L^p$ and $C:D\left(A\right)\to L^q$ is a linear mapping.

We study positive linear Volterra integro-differential equations in Banach lattices. A characterization of positive equations is given. Furthermore, an explicit spectral criterion for uniformly asymptotic stability of positive equations is presented. Finally, we deal with problems of robust stability of positive systems under structured perturbations. Some explicit stability bounds with respect to these perturbations are given.

We extend the notion of Dobrushin coefficient of ergodicity to positive contractions defined on the L¹-space associated with a finite von Neumann algebra, and in terms of this coefficient we prove stability results for L¹-contractions.

In the present paper we prove that a strictly cyclic, not invertible unicellular operator is quasinilpotent.

The algebra B(ℋ) of all bounded operators on a Hilbert space ℋ is generated in the strong operator topology by a single one-dimensional projection and a family of commuting unitary operators with cardinality not exceeding dim ℋ. This answers Problem 8 posed by W. Żelazko in [6].

We introduce and study a new concept of strongly $l_p$-summing m-linear operators in the category of operator spaces. We give some characterizations of this notion such as the Pietsch domination theorem and we show that an m-linear operator is strongly $l_p$-summing if and only if its adjoint is $l_p$-summing.