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A function calculus for a Banach algebra U is a collection of algebra isomorphisms of the form Ф: b → U , where b is an algebra of continuous functions on some compact Hausdorff space X. Loosely speaking, a function calculus is deemed the better, the larger the function algebra b is inside C(X).
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Pedersen, G.K. (1989). Spectral Theory. In: Analysis Now. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 118. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1007-8_4
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