Unitization of Banach algebras

427 Views Asked by At

Is every theorem about unital Banach algebra also true for non-unital Banach algebras because of unitization?

1

There are 1 best solutions below

5
On BEST ANSWER

Of course not. For example the Gelfand spectrum of Banach algebra is locally compact, and it is compact iff $A$ is unital. There a lot of examples in Banach homology where existence of unit plays significant role.

Another example which is more related to Banach space geometry than to Banach algebras: the Banach algebra $c_0$ have no extreme points while its unitization $c$ have $\mathfrak{c}$ extreme points.