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Denseness of operators which attain their numerical radius

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

I. D. Berg
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign273 Altgeld Hall, 1409 West Green Street Urbana, Illinois 61801, U.S.A.
Brailey Sims
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of New EnglandArmidale, N.S.W. 2351, Australia
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Abstract

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We show that a bounded linear operator on a uniformly convex space may be perturbed by a compact operator of arbitrarily small norm to yield an operator which attains its numerical radius.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1984

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