The problem of representability of quadratic functionals by sesquilinear forms is studied in this article in the setting of a module over an algebra that belongs to a certain class of complex Banach *-algebras with an approximate identity. That class includes C*-algebras as well as H*-algebras and their trace classes. Each quadratic functional acting on such a module can be represented by a unique sesquilinear form. That form generally takes values in a larger algebra than the given quadratic functional...

Let A be a Banach algebra, and let D : A → A be a (possibly unbounded) derivation. We are interested in two problems concerning the range of D: 1. When does D map into the (Jacobson) radical of A? 2. If [a,Da] = 0 for some a ∈ A, is Da necessarily quasinilpotent? We prove that derivations satisfying certain polynomial identities map into the radical. As an application, we show that if [a,[a,[a,Da]]] lies in the prime radical of A for all a ∈ A, then D maps into the radical. This generalizes a result...

Let $X$ be a Banach space, $ℬ\left(X\right)$ the algebra of bounded linear operators on $X$ and $(J,\parallel ·{\parallel }_J)$ an admissible Banach ideal of $ℬ\left(X\right)$. For $T\in ℬ\left(X\right)$, let $L_{J,T}$ and $R_{J,T}\in ℬ\left(J\right)$ denote the left and right multiplication defined by $L_{J,T}\left(A\right)=TA$ and $R_{J,T}\left(A\right)=AT$, respectively. In this paper, we study the transmission of some concepts related to recurrent operators between $T\in ℬ\left(X\right)$, and their elementary operators $L_{J,T}$ and $R_{J,T}$. In particular, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for $L_{J,T}$ and $R_{J,T}$ to be sequentially recurrent. Furthermore, we prove that $L_{J,T}$ is recurrent if and only...

In this paper we consider the regularity problem for the commutators $\left(\right[b,R_k]{)}_{1\le k\le n}$ where $b$ is a locally integrable function and $(R_j{)}_{1\le j\le n}$ are the Riesz transforms in the $n$-dimensional euclidean space ${ℝ}^n$. More precisely, we prove that these commutators $\left(\right[b,R_k]{)}_{1\le k\le n}$ are bounded from $L^p$ into the Besov space ${\dot{B}}_p^{s,p}$ for $1\<p\<+\infty$ and $0\<s\<1$ if and only if $b$ is in the $BMO$-Triebel-Lizorkin space ${\dot{F}}_{\infty }^{s,p}$. The reduction of our result to the case $p=2$ gives in particular that the commutators $\left(\right[b,R_k]{)}_{1\le k\le n}$ are bounded form $L^2$ into the Sobolev space ${\dot{H}}^s$ if and only if $b$ is in the $BMO$-Sobolev...

A scattered element of a Banach algebra is an element with at most countable spectrum. The set of all scattered elements is denoted by (). The scattered radical ${}_{sc}\left(\right)$ is the largest ideal consisting of scattered elements. We characterize in several ways central elements of modulo the scattered radical. As a consequence, it is shown that the following conditions are equivalent: (i) () + () ⊂ (); (ii) ()() ⊂ (); (iii) $[\left(\right),]{\subset }_{sc}\left(\right)$.

This is the second instalment of my previous paper with the same title, [1]. This paper consists of two different parts. The first part is devoted to improvements of the results developed in [1]. These improvements are described in section 0.1 below and developed in sections 1 to 5, and 9 to 10; they are in fact technically distinct from [1] and rely on a systematic use of microlocalisation in the context of Hörmander-Weyl calculus. These paragraphs can therefore be read quite independently from...

We establish several inequalities for the spectral radius of a positive commutator of positive operators in a Banach space ordered by a normal and generating cone. The main purpose of this paper is to show that in order to prove the quasi-nilpotency of the commutator we do not have to impose any compactness condition on the operators under consideration. In this way we give a partial answer to the open problem posed in the paper by J. Bračič, R. Drnovšek, Y. B. Farforovskaya, E. L. Rabkin, J. Zemánek...