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Spectra of approximate identities in Banach algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. G. Dixon
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield

Extract

1. Introduction. The aim of this paper is to show that, in every complex Banach algebra with a one-sided or two-sided bounded approximate identity, there exists another bounded approximate identity of the same sort whose spectra lie close to the unit interval [0, 1].

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1979

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