Let X be an infinite-dimensional real or complex Banach space, B(X) the algebra of all bounded linear operators on X, and P(X) ⊂ B(X) the subset of all idempotents. We characterize bijective maps on P(X) preserving commutativity in both directions. This unifies and extends the characterizations of two types of automorphisms of P(X), with respect to the orthogonality relation and with respect to the usual partial order; the latter have been previously characterized by Ovchinnikov. We also describe...

We characterize surjective nonlinear maps Φ between unital C*-algebras 𝒜 and ℬ that satisfy w(Φ(A)-Φ(B))) = w(A-B) for all A,B ∈ 𝒜 under a mild condition that Φ(I) - Φ(0) belongs to the center of ℬ, where w(A) is the numerical radius of A and I is the unit of 𝒜.

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 $\phi \left(A\right)=S^{-1}AS$ for all A in ℬ(). When is finite-dimensional, similar results are obtained with the mere assumption that there...

It is proved that a linear surjection $\Phi 𝒜\to ℬ$, which preserves noninvertibility between semisimple, unital, complex Banach algebras, is automatically injective.

We consider the so-called Jordan triple automorphisms of some important sets of self-adjoint operators without the assumption of linearity. These transformations are bijective maps which satisfy the equality ϕ(ABA) = ϕ(A)ϕ(B)ϕ(A) on their domains. We determine the general forms of these maps (under the assumption of continuity) on the sets of all invertible positive operators, of all positive operators, and of all invertible self-adjoint operators.

We prove that if F is a Lipschitz map from the set of all complex n × n matrices into itself with F(0) = 0 such that given any x and y we know that F(x) - F(y) and x-y have at least one common eigenvalue, then either $F\left(x\right)=ux{u}^{-1}$ or $F\left(x\right)=u{x}^t{u}^{-1}$ for all x, for some invertible n × n matrix u. We arrive at the same conclusion by supposing F to be of class ¹ on a domain in ℳₙ containing the null matrix, instead of Lipschitz. We also prove that if F is of class ¹ on a domain containing the null matrix satisfying F(0) = 0...

In this paper we prove that every bijection preserving Lie products from a triangular algebra onto a normal triangular algebra is additive modulo centre. As an application, we described the form of bijections preserving Lie products on nest algebras and block upper triangular matrix algebras.

The paper is devoted to the problem of classification of extremal positive linear maps acting between 𝔅(𝒦) and 𝔅(ℋ) where 𝒦 and ℋ are Hilbert spaces. It is shown that every positive map with the property that rank ϕ(P) ≤ 1 for any one-dimensional projection P is a rank 1 preserver. This allows us to characterize all decomposable extremal maps as those which satisfy the above condition. Further, we prove that every extremal positive map which is 2-positive turns out to be automatically completely...

We show that between standard operator algebras every bijective map with a certain multiplicativity property related to Jordan triple isomorphisms of associative rings is automatically additive.

Let B(H) be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space H. Automorphisms and antiautomorphisms are the only bijective linear mappings θ of B(H) with the property that θ(P) is an idempotent whenever P ∈ B(H) is. In case H is separable and infinite-dimensional, every local automorphism of B(H) is an automorphism.

Let V be the C*-algebra B(H) of bounded linear operators acting on the Hilbert space H, or the Jordan algebra S(H) of self-adjoint operators in B(H). For a fixed sequence (i₁, ..., iₘ) with i₁, ..., iₘ ∈ 1, ..., k, define a product of $A₁,...,A_k\in V$ by $A₁*\cdots *A_k=A_{i₁}\cdots A_{iₘ}$. This includes the usual product $A₁*\cdots *A_k=A₁\cdots A_k$ and the Jordan triple product A*B = ABA as special cases. Denote the numerical range of A ∈ V by W(A) = (Ax,x): x ∈ H, (x,x) = 1. If there is a unitary operator U and a scalar μ satisfying ${\mu }^m=1$ such that ϕ: V → V has the form A...

Let X be an infinite-dimensional Banach space, and B(X) the algebra of all bounded linear operators on X. Then ϕ: B(X) → B(X) is a bijective similarity-preserving linear map if and only if one of the following holds: (1) There exist a nonzero complex number c, an invertible bounded operator T in B(X) and a similarity-invariant linear functional h on B(X) with h(I) ≠ -c such that $\varphi \left(A\right)=cTA{T}^{-1}+h\left(A\right)I$ for all A ∈ B(X). (2) There exist a nonzero complex number c, an invertible bounded linear operator T: X* → X and a...

Consider the set of all Toeplitz-Schur multipliers sending every upper triangular matrix from the trace class into a matrix with absolutely summable entries. We show that this set admits a description completely analogous to that of the set of all Fourier multipliers from H₁ into ℓ₁. We characterize the set of all Schur multipliers sending matrices representing bounded operators on ℓ₂ into matrices with absolutely summable entries. Next, we present a result (due to G. Pisier) that the upper triangular...

The aim of this paper is to prove the statement announced in the title which can be reformulated in the following way. Let H be a separable infinite-dimensional Hilbert space and let Φ: B(H) → B(H) be a continuous linear mapping with the property that for every A ∈ B(H) there exists a sequence $\left({\Phi }_n\right)$ of automorphisms of B(H) (depending on A) such that $\Phi \left(A\right)=li{m}_n{\Phi }_n\left(A\right)$. Then Φ is an automorphism. Moreover, a similar statement holds for the set of all surjective isometries of B(H).