Let L(H) be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a complex Hilbert space H. We characterize locally spectrally bounded linear maps from L(H) onto itself. As a consequence, we describe linear maps from L(H) onto itself that compress the local spectrum.
Let $B(X)$ be the algebra of all bounded linear operators in a complex Banach space $X$. We consider operators $T_1,T_2\in B(X)$ satisfying the relation $\sigma _{T_1}(x) = \sigma _{T_2}(x)$ for any vector $x\in X$, where $\sigma _T(x)$ denotes the local spectrum of $T\in B(X)$ at the point $x\in X$. We say then that $T_1$ and $T_2$ have the same local spectra. We prove that then, under some conditions, $T_1 - T_2$ is a quasinilpotent operator, that is $\Vert (T_1 - T_2)^n\Vert ^{1/n} \rightarrow 0$ as $n \rightarrow \infty $. Without these conditions, we describe the operators with the same local spectra only in some particular cases.