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Complete spectral sets and numerical range

Operator Algebras 2016-12-20 v1

Abstract

We define the complete numerical radius norm for homomorphisms from any operator algebra into B(H){\mathcal B}({\mathcal H}), and show that this norm can be computed explicitly in terms of the completely bounded norm. This is used to show that if KK is a complete CC-spectral set for an operator TT, then it is a complete MM-numerical radius set, where M=12(C+C1)M=\frac12(C+C^{-1}). In particular, in view of Crouzeix's theorem, there is a universal constant MM (less than 5.6) so that if PP is a matrix polynomial and TB(H)T \in {\mathcal B}({\mathcal H}), then w(P(T))MPW(T)w(P(T)) \le M \|P\|_{W(T)}. When W(T)=DW(T) = \overline{\mathbb D}, we have M=54M = \frac54.

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@article{arxiv.1612.05683,
  title  = {Complete spectral sets and numerical range},
  author = {Kenneth R. Davidson and Vern I. Paulsen and Hugo J. Woerdeman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.05683},
  year   = {2016}
}
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