Let X be a compact metric space and let Lip(X) be the Banach algebra of all scalar- valued Lipschitz functions on X, endowed with a natural norm. For each f ∈ Lip(X), σπ(f) denotes the peripheral spectrum of ...Let X be a compact metric space and let Lip(X) be the Banach algebra of all scalar- valued Lipschitz functions on X, endowed with a natural norm. For each f ∈ Lip(X), σπ(f) denotes the peripheral spectrum of f. We state that any map Φ from Lip(X) onto Lip(Y) which preserves multiplicatively the peripheral spectrum: σπ(Φ(f)Φ(g)) = σπ(fg), A↓f, g ∈ Lip(X) is a weighted composition operator of the form Φ(f) = τ· (f °φ) for all f ∈ Lip(X), where τ : Y → {-1, 1} is a Lipschitz function and φ : Y→ X is a Lipschitz homeomorphism. As a consequence of this result, any multiplicatively spectrum-preserving surjective map between Lip(X)-algebras is of the form above.展开更多
基金MEC project MTM2006-4837Junta de Andalucia projects P06-FQM-1215 and P06-FQM-1438
文摘Let X be a compact metric space and let Lip(X) be the Banach algebra of all scalar- valued Lipschitz functions on X, endowed with a natural norm. For each f ∈ Lip(X), σπ(f) denotes the peripheral spectrum of f. We state that any map Φ from Lip(X) onto Lip(Y) which preserves multiplicatively the peripheral spectrum: σπ(Φ(f)Φ(g)) = σπ(fg), A↓f, g ∈ Lip(X) is a weighted composition operator of the form Φ(f) = τ· (f °φ) for all f ∈ Lip(X), where τ : Y → {-1, 1} is a Lipschitz function and φ : Y→ X is a Lipschitz homeomorphism. As a consequence of this result, any multiplicatively spectrum-preserving surjective map between Lip(X)-algebras is of the form above.