Compactness properties of vector-valued integration maps in locally convex spaces
The notion of simultaneous reduction of pairs of matrices and linear operators to triangular forms is introduced and a survey of known material on the subject is given. Further, some open problems are pointed out throughout the text. The paper is meant to be accessible to the non-specialist and does not contain any new results or proofs.
This paper characterizes the Banach algebras of continuous functions on which the spectral factorization mapping 𝔖 is continuous or bounded. It is shown that 𝔖 is continuous if and only if the Riesz projection is bounded on the algebra, and that 𝔖 is bounded only if the algebra is isomorphic to the algebra of continuous functions. Consequently, 𝔖 can never be both continuous and bounded, on any algebra under consideration.