@Article{Herzog2021, author = "Herzog, Gerd and Kunstmann, Peer Chr.", title = "Quadratic inequalities for functionals in l∞", journal = "Opuscula Math.", year = "2021", volume = "41", number = "3", pages = "437--446", doi = "https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2021.41.3.437", url = "https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2021.41.3.437", abstract = "For a class of operators \(T\) on \(l^{\infty}\) and \(T\)-invariant functionals \(\varphi\) we prove inequalities between \(\varphi(x)\), \(\varphi(x^2)\) and the upper density of the sets \[P_r:=\{n \in \mathbb{N}_0: \varphi((T^{n}x)\cdot x) \gt r\}.\] Applications are given to Banach limits and integrals.", keywords = "Banach algebras of bounded functions, operator-invariant functionals, Banach limits", issn = "1232-9274" }