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The Gleason-Kahane-Żelazko theorem and its generalizations

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., V8W 3P4, Canada

Abstract

This expository article deals with results surrounding the following question: Which pairs of Banach algebras A and B have the property that every unital invertibility preserving linear map from A to B is a Jordan homomorphism?

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Banach Center Publications
1994/30/1
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Pages:
327-331
Main language of publication
English
Published
1994
Exact and natural sciences