Uses of spectral radius equal to norm.

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Let $A$ be a unital commutative Banach algebra.What can be the consequences of the spectral radius of an element $a$ equaling its norm $\|a\|$.

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I can't think of any interesting consequences offhand.

Now, assuming that the spectral radius of every element of $A$ is equal to the norm does have an interesting consequence - in fact it's easy to see that that condition is equivalent to saying $A$ is isometrically isomorphic to a closed subalgebra of $C(K)$ for some compact Hausdorff space $K$.