Journal of Operator Theory

Volume 39, Issue 1, Winter 1998 pp. 89-98.

The Daugavet equation for operators not fixing a copy of $\scriptstyle C[0,1]$

Authors: Lutz Weis (1), and Dirk Werner (2)
Author institution: (1) Mathematisches Institut I, Universit\"at Karlsruhe, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
(2) I. Mathematisches Institut, Freie Universit\"at Berlin, Arnimallee 2--6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany

Summary: We prove the norm identity $\|{\rm Id}+T\| = 1+\|T\|$, which is known as the Daugavet equation, for operators $T$ on $C(S)$ not fixing a copy of $C[0,1]$, where $S$ is a compact Hausdorff space without isolated points.

Keywords: Daugavet equation, operators not fixing $C[0,1]$

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