Jordan automorphisms on a semisimple Banach algebra

Sinclair, A. M.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1970-0259604-2

Jordan automorphisms on a semisimple Banach algebra
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by A. M. Sinclair

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 25 (1970), 526-528

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1970-0259604-2

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Abstract:

In the group of (continuous) Jordan automorphisms, with the uniform topology, on a semisimple Banach algebra, we show that the connected component of the identity consists of automorphisms.

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