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In this article we prove that a semialgebraic map is a branched covering if and only if its associated spectral map is a branched covering. In addition, such spectral map has a neat behavior with respect to the branching locus, the…

In a Banach algebra, the spectrum satisfies $\sigma(ab)\setminus\{0\} = \sigma(ba)\setminus\{0\}$ for each pair of elements $a,b$. We show that this is no longer true for the exponential spectrum, thereby solving a problem open since 1992.…

Main result: If a C*-algebra is simple, $\sigma$-unital, has finitely many extremal traces, and has strict comparison of positive elements by traces, then its multiplier also has strict comparison of positive elements by traces. The same…

We consider several notions of regularity, including strong regularity, bounded relative units, and Ditkin's condition, in the setting of vector-valued function algebras. Given a commutative Banach algebra $A$ and a compact space $X$, let…

Let $ A$ be a complex unital Banach algebra. An element $a \in A$ is said to be Hermitian, if $ \| \exp (ita) \| =1$ for all $t\in R$. In the case of the algebra of bounded linear operators in a Hilbert space this Hermitian property agrees…

Assume that $A$, $B$ are Banach algebras and $m:A\times B\to B$, $m^\prime:A\times A\to B$ are bounded bilinear mappings. We will study the relation between Arens regularities of $m$, $m^\prime$ and the Banach algebras $A$, $B$. For Banach…

We define and study an alternative partial order, called the spectral order, on a synaptic algebra-a generalization of the self-adjoint part of a von Neumann algebra. We prove that if the synaptic algebra A is norm complete (a Banach…

We characterize projections among positive norm-one elements in unital C$^*$-algebras in pure geometric terms determined by the norm of the underlying Banach space. Concretely, let $A$ be a C$^*$-algebra (or a JB$^*$-algebra) whose positive…

We prove, for Hermitian algebras, the multiplicative version of the Kowalski-S\l{}odkowski Theorem which identifies the characters among the collection of all complex valued functions on a Banach algebra $A$ in terms of a spectral…

Generalizing earlier results about the set of idempotents in a Banach algebra, or of self-adjoint idempotents in a $C^*$-algebra, we announce constructions of nice connecting paths in the connected components of the set of elements in a…

We establish a characterization of doubly power-bounded elements with finite spectrum in Banach algebras. In particular, we present a spectral decomposition for such elements, extending a classical theorem of Gelfand concerning doubly…

Let $A$ be a unital Banach $\star$-algebra with unity $1$, $X$ be a Banach space and $\phi : A \times A \to X$ be a continuous bilinear map. We characterize the structure of $\phi$ where it satisfies any of the following properties: $$a,b…

We generalize earlier results about connected components of idempotents in Banach algebras, due to B. Sz\H{o}kefalvi Nagy, Y. Kato, S. Maeda, Z. V. Kovarik, J. Zem\'anek, J. Esterle. Let $A$ be a unital complex Banach algebra, and…

Let $a$ be a positive element in a unital $C^*$-algebra $\mathfrak{A}$. We define a semi-norm on $\mathfrak{A}$, which generalizes the $a$-operator semi-norm and the $a$-numerical radius. We investigate basic properties of this semi-norm…

We prove spectral multiplier theorems for H\"ormander classes $\mathcal{H}^\alpha\_p$ for 0-sectorial operators A on Banach spaces assuming a bounded $H^\infty(\Sigma\_\sigma)$ calculus for some $\sigma \in (0,\pi)$ and norm and certain…

The spaces $BV(\sigma)$ and $AC(\sigma)$ were introduced as part of a program to find a general theory which covers both well-bounded operators and trigonometrically well-bounded operators acting on a Banach space. Since their initial…

Let $A$, $A'$ be separable $C^*$-algebras, $B$ a stable $\sigma$-unital $C^*$-algebra. Our main result is the construction of the pairing $[[A',A]]\times\operatorname{Ext}^{-1/2}(A,B)\to\operatorname{Ext}^{-1/2}(A',B)$, where $[[A',A]]$…

For a real matrix $M$, we denote by $sp(M)$ the spectrum of $M$ and by $\left \vert M\right \vert $ its absolute value, that is the matrix obtained from $M$ by replacing each entry of $M$ by its absolute value. Let $A$ be a nonnegative real…

This book treats: - spectral theory of Banach *-algebras, - basic representation theory of normed *-algebras, - spectral theory of representations of commutative *-algebras. A novel feature of the book is the construction of the enveloping…

We introduce the notion of a positive spectral measure on a $\sigma$-algebra, taking values in the positive projections on a Banach lattice. Such a measure generates a bounded positive representation of the bounded measurable functions. If…