On the intrinsic and the spatial numerical range

Miguel Martin, Javier Meri, Rafael Paya

Published 2005-03-04Version 1

For a bounded function $f$ from the unit sphere of a closed subspace $X$ of a Banach space $Y$, we study when the closed convex hull of its spatial numerical range $W(f)$ is equal to its intrinsic numerical range $V(f)$. We show that for every infinite-dimensional Banach space $X$ there is a superspace $Y$ and a bounded linear operator $T:X\longrightarrow Y$ such that $\bar{co} W(T)\neq V(T)$. We also show that, up to renormig, for every non-reflexive Banach space $Y$, one can find a closed subspace $X$ and a bounded linear operator $T\in L(X,Y)$ such that $\bar{co} W(T)\neq V(T)$. Finally, we introduce a sufficient condition for the closed convex hull of the spatial numerical range to be equal to the intrinsic numerical range, which we call the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobas property, and which is weaker than the uniform smoothness and the finite-dimensionality. We characterize strong subdifferentiability and uniform smoothness in terms of this property.