Multiplicative maps that are close to an automorphism on algebras of linear transformations
Let be a complex, separable Hilbert space of finite or infinite dimension, and let ℬ() be the algebra of all bounded operators on . It is shown that if φ: ℬ() → ℬ() is a multiplicative map(not assumed linear) and if φ is sufficiently close to a linear automorphism of ℬ() in some uniform sense, then it is actually an automorphism; as such, there is an invertible operator S in ℬ() such that for all A in ℬ(). When is finite-dimensional, similar results are obtained with the mere assumption that there...