1. Introduction Let B be a commutative Banach algebra, and let 6 be a homomorphism from B into a Banach algebra A. In this paper we are concerned with establishing conditions on A and B which ensure that 6 is continuous. If A is semisimple, it is well known that any such homomorphism must be continuous, and therefore we shall be interested in cases where A is not semisimple. Questions of this n...

and Applied Analysis 3 is Cauchy. If each Cauchy sequence is convergent, then the fuzzy norm is said to be complete, and the fuzzy normed space is called a fuzzy Banach space. Let X,N be a fuzzy normed space and Y,N ′ a fuzzy Banach space. For a given mapping f : X → Y , we use the abbreviation Df ( x, y ) : f ( 2x y ) f ( 2x − y 2f x − fx y − fx − y − 2f 2x , 2.1 for all x, y ∈ X. Recall Df ≡ ...

In this paper, countable compactness and the Lindel¨of propertyare defined for L-fuzzy sets, where L is a complete de Morgan algebra. Theydon’t rely on the structure of the basis lattice L and no distributivity is requiredin L. A fuzzy compact L-set is countably compact and has the Lindel¨ofproperty. An L-set having the Lindel¨of property is countably compact if andonly if it is fuzzy compact. ...

We prove the generalized Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability of a partitioned functional equation. It is applied to show the stability of algebra homomorphisms between Banach algebras associated with partitioned functional equations in Banach algebras.

We prove the `p-spectral radius formula for n-tuples of commuting Banach algebra elements. This generalizes results of [6], [7] and [10]. Let A be a Banach algebra with the unit element denoted by 1. Let a = (a1, . . . , an) be an n-tuple of elements of A. Denote by σ(a) the Harte spectrum of a, i.e. λ = (λ1, . . . , λn) / ∈ σ(a) if and only if there exist u1, . . . , un, v1, . . . , vn ∈ A suc...

We introduce the notion of the Fourier and Fouier-Stieltjes algebra of a topological ∗-semigroup and show that these are commutative Banach algebras. For a class of foundation semigroups, we show that these are preduals of von Neumann algebras. 1. Definitions and Notations Let S be a locally compact topological semigroup and M(S) be the Banach algebra of all bounded regular Borel measures μ on ...

Let A be a Banach algebra. The flip on A ⊗ A is defined through A ⊗ A ∋ a⊗ b 7→ b⊗ a. If A is ultraprime, El(A), the algebra of all elementary operators on A, can be algebraically identified with A ⊗ A, so that the flip is well defined on El(A). We show that the flip on El(A) is discontinuous if A = K(E) for a reflexive Banach space E with the approximation property.

In [9], Dawson and the second author asked whether or not a Banach function algebra with dense invertible group can have a proper Shilov boundary. We give an example of a uniform algebra showing that this can happen, and investigate the properties of such algebras. We make some remarks on the topological stable rank of commutative, unital Banach algebras. In particular, we prove that tsr(A) ≥ t...

We show that certain dense and spectral invariant subalgebras of a C *-algebra have the same bilateral Bass stable rank. This is a partial answer for (a version of) an open problem raised by R.G. Swan. Then, for certain Banach algebras, we indicate when the homotopy groups π i (GL n (A)) stabilize for large n. This is an improvement of a result due to G. Corach and A. Larotonda. Using some resu...

Let $A$ be an arbitrary Banach algebra and $varphi$ a homomorphism from $A$ onto $Bbb C$. Our first purpose in this paper is to give some equivalent conditions under which guarantees a $varphi$-mean of norm one. Then we find some conditions under which there exists a $varphi$-mean in the weak$^*$ cluster of ${ain A; |a|=varphi(a)=1}$ in $A^{**}$.