The theorem of Gleason-Kahane-Zelazko in a commutative symmetric Banach algebra
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instance of: scholarly article
title: The theorem of Gleason-Kahane-Zelazko in a commutative symmetric Banach algebra
zbMATH Open document ID: 0586.46043
DOI: 10.1007/BF01160466
author: Regina Wille
published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift
publication date: 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/173626
review text: In [Stud. Math. 29, 339-343 (1968; Zbl 0155.458)] \textit{J.-P. Kahane} and \textit{W. Żelazko} show that the theorem of Gleason-Kahane-Zelazko implies the following analogous characterization of multiplicative complex measures: a complex regular Borel measure \(\mu\) on a compact Hausdorff space X, which possesses the mean value property \[ \int_{X}f d\mu \in image(f) \] for all f in \(C_{{\mathbb{C}}}(X)\) is just a one point measure. Now in this paper we take just the opposite approach: at first the measure theorem is proved. In contrast to the known proofs of the theorem of Gleason-Kahane-Zelazko [see \textit{A. Gleason}, J. Anal. Math. 19, 171- 172 (1967; Zbl 0148.575), \textit{M. Roitman} and \textit{Y. Sternfeld}, Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 267, 111-124 (1981; Zbl 0474.46039) and the Kahane- Zelazko-paper cited above] no function theoretic arguments of any consequence are used. After that the theorem of Gleason-Kahane-Zelazko for a commutative complex Banach algebra with identity and symmetric involution (which means that every self-adjoint element has real spectrum) is deduced from the measure theorem.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 46J20
zbMATH DE Number: 3940002
zbMATH Keywords: theorem of Gleason-Kahane-Zelazko
zbMATH Keywords: characterization of multiplicative complex measures
zbMATH Keywords: mean value property
zbMATH Keywords: one point measure
zbMATH Keywords: measure theorem
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