Numerical ranges of uniformly continuous functions on the unit sphere of a Banach space
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Numerical ranges of uniformly continuous functions on the unit sphere of a Banach space
zbMATH Open document ID: 1068.46005
published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
publication date: 2004-10-12T00:00:00Z
review text: Given a Banach space \(X\), its unit sphere is denoted by \(S_X\), its closed unit ball is \(B_X\), and \(\ell_\infty(S_X,X)\) denotes the Banach space of all bounded functions from \(S_X\) to \(X\). The topological dual of \(X\) is \(X^*\) and \(\Pi(X)\) stands for the set of those couples \((x,\phi)\in S_X \times S_{X*}\) satisfying \(\phi(x)=1\). Given \(f\in \ell_\infty(S_X,X)\), its {spatial numerical range} is the set \[ W(f):=\{\phi(f(x)) : \;(x,\phi)\in \Pi(X)\}, \] and its {intrinsic numerical range} is \[ V(f):=\{\Phi(f) : \;\Phi\in \ell_\infty(S_X,X)^*,\;\| \Phi\| =1,\;\Phi(\text{Id})=1\}. \] Note that the inclusion \[ \overline{\text{co}}\;W(f) \subseteq V(f) \tag{1} \] (\(\overline{\text{co}}\) means closed convex hull) holds for every \(f\in \ell_\infty(S_X,X)\), but the equality holds for every \(f\in \ell_\infty(S_X,X)\) (if and) only if \(X\) is uniformly smooth [\textit{A. Rodríguez-Palacios}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 129, No. 3, 815--821 (2001; Zbl 0969.46011)]. The aim of the paper under review is to show that equality in (1) holds in an improved way whenever \(f:S_X\to X\) is bounded and uniformly continuous. Actually, Theorem~2.5 states the following: for every subset \(\Gamma\) of \(\Pi(X)\) such that the natural projection \(\pi_X(\Gamma)\) is dense in \(S_X\), the equality \[ V(f)=\overline{\text{co}}\;\{\phi(f(x))\;: \;(x,\phi)\in \Gamma\} \tag{2} \] holds for every bounded and uniformly continuous function \(f:S_X\to X\). Let us mention that some particular cases of the above result have already been known. It was proved in [\textit{F. F. Bonsall} and \textit{J. Duncan}, Numerical ranges of operators on normed spaces and of elements of normed algebras (Cambridge University Press, London) (1971; Zbl 0207.44802), Theorem~9.3] that equality (2) holds for (the restriction to \(S_X\) of) any bounded linear operator on \(X\). In the complex case, it was proved in [\textit{L. A. Harris}, Am. J. Math. 93, 1005--1019 (1971; Zbl 0237.58010)] that equali…
reviewed by: Miguel Martín
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 46B04
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 46B20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 47A12
zbMATH DE Number: 2107199
zbMATH Keywords: numerical range
zbMATH Keywords: uniformly continuous
author: Ángel Rodríguez Palacios
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: j.jmaa.2004.03.012
OpenAlex ID: W2025730807
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DOI: 10.1016/J.JMAA.2004.03.012
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