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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 May 2009
Let X be a Banach space and L(X) the Banach algebra of bounded linear operators on X. An operator T in L(X) is hermitian if ∥eitT∥ = 1 (t ∈ R), and is normal if T = R + iJ where R and J are commuting normal operators; R and J are then determined uniquely by T, and we may write T* = R–iJ. These definitions extend those for operators on Hilbert spaces. More details may be found in [1].