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Invertibility preserving mappings onto finite C*-algebras

Operator Algebras 2023-01-03 v1 Functional Analysis

Abstract

We prove that every surjective unital linear mapping which preserves invertible elements from a Banach algebra onto a C*-algebra carrying a faithful tracial state is a Jordan homomorphism thus generalising Aupetit's 1998 result for finite von Neumann algebras.

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@article{arxiv.2301.00208,
  title  = {Invertibility preserving mappings onto finite C*-algebras},
  author = {Martin Mathieu and Francois Schulz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.00208},
  year   = {2023}
}

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7 pages