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Publications and source records attributed to Ulrich Groh.
Let $ (T(t))_{t\geq0} $ be a positive $C_{0}$-semigroup with generator $A$ on a C$^*$-algebra or on the predual of a W$^*$-algebra. Then the growth bound $\omega_{0}$ equals $s(A)$. If the spectrum of $A$ is not empty, then $s(A)$, the spectral bound of $A$, is a spectral value.
For a positive and invertible linear operator $T$ acting on a $C^*$-algebra, we give necessary and sufficient criteria for the inverse operator $T^{-1}$ to be positive, too. Moreover, a simple counterexample shows that $T^{-1}$ need not be positive even if $T$ is unital and its spectrum is contained in the unit circle.
We consider semigroups of operators on a W$^*$-algebra and prove, under appropriate assumptions, the existence of a Jacobs-DeLeeuw-Glicksberg type decomposition. This decomposition splits the algebra into a "stable" and "reversible" part with respect to the semigroup and yields, among others, a structural approach to the Perron-Frobenius spectral theory for completely positive operators on W$^*$-algebras.