We characterize surjective nonlinear maps Φ between unital C*-algebras 𝒜 and ℬ that satisfy w(Φ(A)-Φ(B))) = w(A-B) for all A,B ∈ 𝒜 under a mild condition that Φ(I) - Φ(0) belongs to the center of ℬ, where w(A) is the numerical radius of A and I is the unit of 𝒜.
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author = {Zhaofang Bai and Jinchuan Hou and Zongben Xu},
title = {Maps preserving numerical radius distance on C*-algebras},
journal = {Studia Mathematica},
volume = {162},
year = {2004},
pages = {97-104},
zbl = {1064.47037},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-sm162-2-1}
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Zhaofang Bai; Jinchuan Hou; Zongben Xu. Maps preserving numerical radius distance on C*-algebras. Studia Mathematica, Tome 162 (2004) pp. 97-104. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-sm162-2-1/