Approximately angle preserving mappings

Abstract

In this paper, we present some characterizations of linear mappings, which preserve vectors at a specific angle. We introduce the concept of $(\varepsilon, c)$-angle preserving mappings for $|c|<1$ and $0\leq \varepsilon < 1 + |c|$. In addition, we define $\widehat{\varepsilon}\,(T, c)$ as the ``smallest'' number $\varepsilon$ for which $T$ is $(\varepsilon, c)$-angle preserving mapping. We state some properties of the function $\widehat{\varepsilon}\,(., c)$, and then propose an exact formula for $\widehat{\varepsilon}\,(T, c)$ in terms of the norm $\|T\|$ and the minimum modulus $[T]$ of $T$. Finally, we characterize the approximately angle preserving mappings.