In this paper, we consider a proximal point algorithm for finding a common zero of a finite family of maximal monotone operators in real Hilbert spaces. Also, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the common zero set of finite operators to be nonempty, and by showing that in this case, this iterative sequence converges strongly to the metric projection of some point onto the set of c...

In this paper $S$ is a monoid with a left zero and $A_S$ (or $A$) is a unitary right $S$-act. It is shown that a monoid $S$ is right perfect (semiperfect) if and only if every (finitely generated) strongly flat right $S$-act is quasi-projective. Also it is shown that if every right $S$-act has a unique zero element, then the existence of a quasi-projective cover for each right act implies that ...

We present an efficient algorithm for obtaining a canonical system of Jordan chains for an n×n regular analytic matrix function A(λ) that is singular at the origin. For any analytic vector function b(λ), we show that each term in the Laurent expansion of A(λ)−1b(λ) may be obtained from the previous terms by solving an (n+d)× (n+d) linear system, where d is the order of the zero of detA(λ) at λ ...

In 1996, Harris and Kadison posed the following problem: show that a linear bijection between C∗-algebras that preserves the identity and the set of invertible elements is a Jordan isomorphism. In this paper, we show that if A and B are semisimple Banach algebras andΦ : A→ B is a linear map onto B that preserves the spectrum of elements, thenΦ is a Jordan isomorphism if either A or B is a C∗-al...

Let B(X ) be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a complex Banach space X and let I(X ) be the set of non-zero idempotent operators in B(X ). A surjective map φ : B(X ) → B(X ) preserves nonzero idempotency of the Jordan products of two operators if for every pair A, B ∈ B(X ), the relation AB +BA ∈ I(X ) implies φ(A)φ(B)+φ(B)φ(A) ∈ I(X ). In this paper, the structures of linear surj...

Let A,B be two unital C∗−algebras. We prove that every almost unital almost linear mapping h : A −→ B which satisfies h(3uy + 3yu) = h(3u)h(y) + h(y)h(3u) for all u ∈ U(A), all y ∈ A, and all n = 0, 1, 2, ..., is a Jordan homomorphism. Also, for a unital C∗−algebra A of real rank zero, every almost unital almost linear continuous mapping h : A −→ B is a Jordan homomorphism when h(3uy + 3yu) = h...