If $X$ is a normed linear space and $S(X)$ its unit sphere, $X′$ its dual space and $Π=\{(x,f)∈S(X)×S(X′) \ | \ f(x)=1\}$, then for an operator $T$ on $X$, the numerical range $V(T)$ is defined by $V(T)=\{f(Tx) \ | \ (x,f)∈Π\}$. A projection on a complex Banach space $X$ is said to be hermitian if its numerical range is real. 


I tried to find an example of an hermitian operator on the Banach space $C\_{\mathbb C}[0,1]$ but could not find it. I have some intiutions that the decomposition $E\oplus F$ of $C\_{\mathbb C}[0,1]$ where $E=\{f=\alpha \ | \ \mbox{for some } \alpha \in \mathbb C\}$ and $F=\{g=g\_1+i g\_2 \in C\_{\mathbb C}[0,1] \ | \ \int g=\int g\_1 + i \int g\_2 =0\}$ is an hermitian decomposition, i.e., the projection $P: C\_{\mathbb C}[0,1] \to E$ is hermitian, but could not prove it.


Does anyone know an example of an hermitian projection on $C\_{\mathbb C}[0,1]$? 


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Hermitian Projections on $C[0,1]$
As I understand, the fact that for $C(0,1)$ we have too many
supporting pairs $(x,f)$ implies that there are no nontrivial
Hermitian projections in the following way. Let $t\in[0,1]$,
observe that $f=\delta\_t$ and any $x$ with $||x||=1$ and $x(t)=1$
form a supporting pair. Let $T$ be a Hermitian projection. Then
$f(Tx)=T^\*f(x)$ should be real for any such pair. We claim that
this implies that $T^\*\delta\_t$ ($T^\*$ Banach-space conjugate) is
a multiple of $\delta\_t$. Suppose not, then $T^\*\delta\_t$ is a
measure which is supported on a set which contains something
outside singleton $\{t\}$. But then one can find a vector $x$ as
above such that $T^\*\delta\_t(x)$ is not real. This can be done as
follows: Our assumption implies that the support of $T^\*\delta\_t$
contains a nontrivial part in some open interval $(a,b)$ for which
$[a,b]$ does not contain $t$. Now pick $\hat x$ satisfying $\hat
x(t)=1$, $||\hat x||=1$, $\hat x(a)=\hat x(b)=0$ and $\mu(\hat
x)\ne 0$, where $\mu$ is the restriction of $T^\*\delta\_t$ to
$(a,b)$. To get the desired $x$ multiply $\hat x$ on $(a,b)$ by a
suitable complex number with absolute value $1$.


Since $T^\*\delta\_t$ is a multiple of $\delta\_t$, one can conclude
that $T$ is an operator of a multiplication by a continuous
function. Since it is also a projection, it is easy to conclude
that it is either $0$ or the identity.


