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.
We deal with the representation of locally convex algebras. On one hand as subalgebras of some weighted space CV(X) and on the other hand, in the case of uniformly A-convex algebras, as inductive limits of Banach algebras. We also study some questions on the spectrum of a locally convex algebra.
Let B be a complex topological unital algebra. The left joint spectrum of a set S ⊂ B is defined by the formula = generates a proper left idealUsing the Schur lemma and the Gelfand-Mazur theorem we prove that has the spectral mapping property for sets S of pairwise commuting elements if (i) B is an m-convex algebra with all maximal left ideals closed, or (ii) B is a locally convex Waelbroeck algebra. The right ideal version of this result is also valid.