We show that every unital invertibility preserving linear map from a von Neumann algebra onto a semi-simple Banach algebra is a Jordan homomorphism;this gives an affirmative answer to a problem of Kaplansky for all vo...We show that every unital invertibility preserving linear map from a von Neumann algebra onto a semi-simple Banach algebra is a Jordan homomorphism;this gives an affirmative answer to a problem of Kaplansky for all von Neumann algebras.For a unital linear map Φ from a semi-simple complex Banach algebra onto another,we also show that the following statements are equivalent:(1) Φ is an homomorphism;(2)Φ is completely invertibility preserving;(3)Φ is 2-invertibility preserving.展开更多
In this paper,we discuss the rank-1-preserving linear maps on nest algebras of Hilbert- space operators.We obtain several characterizations of such linear maps and apply them to show that a weakly continuous linear bi...In this paper,we discuss the rank-1-preserving linear maps on nest algebras of Hilbert- space operators.We obtain several characterizations of such linear maps and apply them to show that a weakly continuous linear bijection on an atomic nest algebra is idempotent preserving if and only if it is a Jordan homomorphism,and in turn,if and only if it is an automorphism or an anti-automorphism.展开更多
基金supported by NNSFC (10071046)PNSFS (981009)+1 种基金PYSFS(20031009)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
文摘We show that every unital invertibility preserving linear map from a von Neumann algebra onto a semi-simple Banach algebra is a Jordan homomorphism;this gives an affirmative answer to a problem of Kaplansky for all von Neumann algebras.For a unital linear map Φ from a semi-simple complex Banach algebra onto another,we also show that the following statements are equivalent:(1) Φ is an homomorphism;(2)Φ is completely invertibility preserving;(3)Φ is 2-invertibility preserving.
基金supported by NNSFC(10071046)PNSFS(981009)+1 种基金PYSFS(20031009)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
文摘In this paper,we discuss the rank-1-preserving linear maps on nest algebras of Hilbert- space operators.We obtain several characterizations of such linear maps and apply them to show that a weakly continuous linear bijection on an atomic nest algebra is idempotent preserving if and only if it is a Jordan homomorphism,and in turn,if and only if it is an automorphism or an anti-automorphism.