Exponentials in normed algebras #
This file records basic facts about the exponential in normed algebras, including the
specialization to continuous linear endomorphisms of a real normed space: the norm bound
‖exp x‖ ≤ Real.exp ‖x‖, exponential bounds for power-bounded operators, the exponential of a
scalar multiple of the identity, and the Duhamel identity
exp (t • B) x - x = ∫₀ᵗ exp (u • B) (B x) du for the orbits of a bounded operator.
In a normed algebra whose unit has norm at most one, the exponential is norm-bounded by
the scalar exponential of the norm: ‖exp x‖ ≤ Real.exp ‖x‖.
Exponentials of real scalar multiples of the same bounded operator split over addition.
If every power of a bounded operator B has norm at most M, then
‖exp (s B)‖ ≤ M exp s for every s ≥ 0.
The exponential of a real scalar multiple of the identity operator is the corresponding scalar exponential times the identity.
The norm of the exponential of a real scalar multiple of the identity operator is at most the corresponding scalar exponential.
The Duhamel identity for the exponential of a bounded operator. For B : X →L[ℝ] X,
exp (t B) x - x = ∫₀ᵗ exp (u B) (B x) du.
This is the fundamental theorem of calculus applied to the differentiable orbit
u ↦ exp (u B) x, whose derivative is the continuous function u ↦ exp (u B) (B x).
The exponential of an operator acts exponentially on an eigenvector. If B x = μ • x,
then exp (t B) x = exp (t μ) • x. The statement also covers x = 0, without requiring a
bundled Module.End.HasEigenvector witness.