A Generalized Spectral Radius Formula and Olsen's Question

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2010-07-27

arxiv.org/abs/1007.4655v2

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Operator Algebras

In new version we added the case of arbitrary many polynomials and added some new cases of operators for which Olsen's questio

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Let $A$ be a $C^*$-algebra and $I$ be a closed ideal in $A$. For $x\in A$, its image under the canonical surjection $A\to A/I$ is denoted by $\dot x$, and the spectral radius of $x$ is denoted by $r(x)$. We prove that $$\max\{r(x), \|\dot x\|\} = \inf \|(1+i)^{-1}x(1+i)\|$$ (where infimum is taken over all $i\in I$ such that $1+i$ is invertible), which generalizes spectral radius formula of Murphy and West \cite{MurphyWest} (Rota for $\mathcal{B(H)}$ \cite{Rota}). Moreover if $r(x)< \|\dot x\|$ then the infimum is attained. A similar result is proved for commuting family of elements of a $C^*$-algebra. Using this we give a partial answer to an open question of C. Olsen: if $p$ is a polynomial then for "almost every" operator $T\in B(H)$ there is a compact perturbation $T+K$ of $T$ such that $$\|p(T+K)\| = \|p(T)\|_e.$$ We show also that if operators $A,B$ commute, $A$ is similar to a contraction and $B$ is similar to a strict contraction then they are simultaneously similar to contractions.

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