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An [[Algebra|algebra]] over the field of real or complex numbers that is at the same time a [[Normed space|normed space]] in which multiplication satisfies some continuity condition. The simplest such condition is separate continuity. Generally speaking, this is weaker than joint continuity in the factors. For example, if one defines the algebraic operations on the set of all finite sequences <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/n/n067/n067770/n0677701.png" /> coordinate-wise and the norm by <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/n/n067/n067770/n0677702.png" />, then there arises an algebra in which the multiplication is separately, but not jointly, continuous. The joint continuity of the multiplication in a normed algebra is equivalent to the existence of a constant <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/n/n067/n067770/n0677703.png" /> such that <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/n/n067/n067770/n0677704.png" />. In this and only in this case the completion has the structure of a normed algebra that extends the original one and is a [[Banach algebra|Banach algebra]].
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An [[algebra]] over the field of real or complex numbers that is at the same time a [[normed space]] in which multiplication satisfies some continuity condition. The simplest such condition is separate continuity. Generally speaking, this is weaker than joint continuity in the factors. For example, if one defines the algebraic operations on the set of all finite sequences  $  x = ( \epsilon _ {1} \dots \epsilon _ {n} , 0 ,\dots) $
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coordinate-wise and the norm by  $  \| x \| = \sum_{k = 1}^\infty  |\epsilon _ {k} | k^{-2}$,
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then there arises an algebra in which the multiplication is separately, but not jointly, continuous. The joint continuity of the multiplication in a normed algebra is equivalent to the existence of a constant  $  C $
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such that  $  \| xy \| \leq  C  \| x \|  \| y \| $.
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In this and only in this case the completion has the structure of a normed algebra that extends the original one and is a [[Banach algebra]].
  
  
 
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<table><TR><TD valign="top">[a1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  M.A. Naimark,  "Normed rings" , Reidel  (1964)  (Translated from Russian)</TD></TR></table>
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<TR><TD valign="top">[a1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  M.A. Naimark,  "Normed rings" , Reidel  (1964)  (Translated from Russian)</TD></TR>
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Latest revision as of 17:38, 13 January 2024


An algebra over the field of real or complex numbers that is at the same time a normed space in which multiplication satisfies some continuity condition. The simplest such condition is separate continuity. Generally speaking, this is weaker than joint continuity in the factors. For example, if one defines the algebraic operations on the set of all finite sequences $ x = ( \epsilon _ {1} \dots \epsilon _ {n} , 0 ,\dots) $ coordinate-wise and the norm by $ \| x \| = \sum_{k = 1}^\infty |\epsilon _ {k} | k^{-2}$, then there arises an algebra in which the multiplication is separately, but not jointly, continuous. The joint continuity of the multiplication in a normed algebra is equivalent to the existence of a constant $ C $ such that $ \| xy \| \leq C \| x \| \| y \| $. In this and only in this case the completion has the structure of a normed algebra that extends the original one and is a Banach algebra.


References

[a1] M.A. Naimark, "Normed rings" , Reidel (1964) (Translated from Russian)
How to Cite This Entry:
Normed algebra. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Normed_algebra&oldid=14060
This article was adapted from an original article by E.A. Gorin (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article