We study the cluster value problem for certain Banach algebras of holomorphic functions defined on the unit ball of a complex Banach space X. The main results are for spaces of the form X = C(K).

Let n ∈ N − {1}, and let A be a Banach algebra. An additive map D : A → A is called n-Jordan derivation if D(a) = D(a)a + aD(a)a + ...+ aD(a)a+ aD(a), for all a ∈ A. Using fixed point methods, we investigate the stability of n–Jordan derivations (n–Jordan ∗−derivations) on Banach algebras (C∗−algebras). Also we show that to each approximate ∗−Jordan derivation f in a C∗− algebra there correspon...

We study the range transformations 0p(/fD, Reß) and Op(/fD, B) for Banach function algebras A and B. As a special instance, the harmonicity of functions in Op(/fD, Re A) for a nontrivial function algebra A is established and is compared with previous investigations of Op( An, A) and Op((Re/l);, (Re/1)) for an interval /. In §2 we present some results on Op(AD, B) and use them to show that funct...

In fact, if X is any vector space on which the primitive Banach algebra A acts faithfully and irreducibly, then X can be converted in a Banach space in such a way that the requirements in Theorem 0 are satisfied and even the inclusion A9BL(X ) is contractive. Roughly speaking, the aim of this paper is to prove the appropriate Jordan variant of Theorem 0. The notion of primitiveness for Jordan a...

We establish a general result about extending a right invertible row over a Banach algebra to an invertible matrix. This is applied to the computation of right topological stable rank of a split exact sequence. We also introduce a quantitative measure of stable rank. These results are applied to compute the right (left) topological stable rank for all nest algebras. This value is either 2 or in...

S. Sherman has shown [4] that if the self adjoint elements of a C* algebra form a lattice under their natural ordering the algebra is necessarily commutative. In this note we extend this result to real Banach algebras with an identity and arbitrary Banach * algebras with an identity. The central fact for a real Banach algebra A is that if the positive cone is defined to be the uniform closure o...

We show that the structure of continuous and discontinuous homomorphisms from the Banach algebra Cn[0,1] of n times continuously differentiable functions on the unit interval [0,1] into finite dimensional Banach algebras is completely determined by higher point derivations.