Complete holomorphic vector fields on the second dual of Banach space.
We establish that all derivations on a semisimple Jordan-Banach algebra are automatically continuous. By showing that "almost all" primitive ideals in the algebra are invariant under a given derivation, the general case is reduced to that of primitive Jordan-Banach algebras.
For = ℝ or ℂ we exhibit a Jordan-algebra norm ⎮·⎮ on the simple associative algebra with the property that Jordan polynomials over are precisely those associative polynomials over which act ⎮·⎮-continuously on . This analytic determination of Jordan polynomials improves the one recently obtained in [5].
The relationships between the JB*-triple structure of a complex spin factor S and the structure of the Hilbert space H associated to S are discussed. Every surjective linear isometry L of S can be uniquely represented in the form L(x) = mu.U(x) for some conjugation commuting unitary operator U on H and some mu belonging to C, |mu|=1. Automorphisms of S are characterized as those linear maps (continuity not assumed) that preserve minimal tripotents in S and the orthogonality relations among them.
We prove that there exists a real or complex central simple associative algebra M with minimal one-sided ideals such that, for every non-Jordan associative polynomial p, a Jordan-algebra norm can be given on M in such a way that the action of p on M becomes discontinuous.