On polynomials satisfying power inequality for numerical radius.

Let A be a unital C ⁎ algebra and for every a ∈ A , r (a) denote the numerical radius of a ∈ A. The power inequality for numerical radius states that for every polynomial P (z) = z n and a ∈ A the inequality P (r (a)) ≥ r (P (a)) holds. In this paper, we get a characterization of polynomials with real coefficients that satisfy the power inequality on all 2 × 2 matrices with real entries. We also characterize all polynomials that satisfy the power inequality on every commutative unital C ⁎ algebra. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]