On the Numerical Range of Linear Relations in Banach Spaces

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the study of the numerical range of linear relations in Banach spaces. We present a new definition adapted to the multivalued nature of linear relations and analyze its main properties. We establish spectral inclusion results showing that the spectrum is contained in the union of the closure of the numerical range of a linear relation and the numerical range of its Banach adjoint, together with resolvent estimates related to the distance to the numerical range. As an application, we derive spectral enclosures for operator pencils by associating them with suitable linear relations and introduce corresponding numerical ranges for operator pencils in Banach spaces. We show that this approach may provide sharper information than classical numerical ranges of operator pencils. Furthermore, we use the numerical abscissas to show that the Banach space numerical range can yield strict exponential decay for semigroups that cannot be obtained from the corresponding Hilbert space numerical range.