Compact endomorphisms of Banach algebras. II

Kamowitz, Herbert; Scheinberg, Stephen; Wortman, Dennis

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1989-0984801-2

Compact endomorphisms of Banach algebras. II
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by Herbert Kamowitz, Stephen Scheinberg and Dennis Wortman

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 107 (1989), 417-421

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1989-0984801-2

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Abstract:

In this note we exhibit examples which show that several conjectures concerning compact endomorphisms of commutative semisimple Banach algebras prove to be false.

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