Linear maps preserving the idempotency of Jordan products of operators

Abstract

Let B(X ) be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a complex Banach space X and let I(X ) be the set of non-zero idempotent operators in B(X ). A surjective map φ : B(X ) → B(X ) preserves nonzero idempotency of the Jordan products of two operators if for every pair A, B ∈ B(X ), the relation AB +BA ∈ I(X ) implies φ(A)φ(B)+φ(B)φ(A) ∈ I(X ). In this paper, the structures of linear surjective maps on B(X ) preserving the nonzero idempotency of Jordan products of two operators are given.