Maps on Positive Cones of C^(*)-algebras

We prove that a surjective map(on the positive cones of unital C^(*)-algebras)preserves the minimum spectrum values of harmonic means if and only if it has a Jordan *-isomorphism extension to the whole algebra.We represent weighted geometric mean preserving bijective maps on the positive cones of prime C^(*)-algebras in terms of Jordan *-isomorphisms of the algebras.We also characterize order isomorphisms and orthoisomorphisms of the projection lattice of the von Neumann algebra of all bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space,answering an open question arisen by Dye.Finally,we give a description for Fuglede-Kadison determinant preserving maps on the positive cone of a finite von Neumann algebra and improve Gaal and Nayak’s work on this topic.

MAPS PRESERVING THE NORM OF THE POSITIVE SUM IN L_(p) SPACES

For 1<p<∞,let S(Lp)+be the set of positive elements in L_(p) with norm one.Assume that V_(0):S(L_(p)(Ω_(1)))+→S(L_(p)(Ω_(2)))+is a surjective norm-additive map;that is,‖V_(0)(x)+V_(0)(y)‖=‖x+y‖,■x,y∈S(L_(p)(Ω_(1)))+.In this paper,we show that V_(0) can be extended to an isometry from L_(p)(Ω_(1))onto L_(p)(Ω_(2)).

POSITIVE SOLUTIONS TO AN m-POINT BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM

The existence of positive solutions for second order m-point boundary value problemx″-q(t)f(x,x′)x′=0, x(0)= m i=2 b ix(ξ i),x′(1)=αx′(0)are investigated,where ξ i,b i and α are constants satisfying 0=ξ 1<ξ 2<...<ξ m-1 <ξ m=1,b i≥0 for i=2,...,m with β∶= m i=2 b i∈[0,1), and α>1. Our approach is based on the fixed point theorem in cones.

On Maps Preserving Unitarily Invariant Norms of the Spectral Geometric Mean

We consider maps on positive definite cones of von Neumann algebras preserving unitarily invariant norms of the spectral geometric means. The main results concern Jordan *-isomorphisms between C*-algebras, and show that they are characterized by the preservation of unitarily invariant norms of those operations.