On the stable rank of simple C*-algebras

It is shown that there exists a simple, finite C*-algebra whose topological (or Bass) stable rank is any given natural number or .

     

Certain Cuntz Semigroup Properties of Certain Crossed Product C*-algebras

We show that the following properties of the C^*-algebras in a class Ω are inherited by simple unital C-algebras in the class TAΩ:(1)(m,n)-decomposable,(2) weakly(m,n)-divisible,(3) weak Riesz interpolation.As an application,let A be an infinite dimensional simple unital C-algebra such that A has one of the above-listed properties.Suppose that α:G→Aut(A) is an action of a finite group G on A which has the tracial Rokhlin property.Then the crossed product C^*-algebra C^*(G,A,α) also has the property under consideration.     

The stable rank of full corners in C*-algebras

We give a treatment of Rieffel's theory of stable rank for C*-algebras in terms of left invertibility of generalized nonsquare matrices, and prove that if is a full projection in a unital C*-algebra , then the stable rank of the corner is at least as large as the stable rank of .

     

Some remarks on the real rank of non-unital C*-algebras

For a non-unital C-algebra , let be the C-algebra obtained from by adjoining an identity. In this paper we show that

where is a locally compact Hausdorff space with .

     

The rank of a commutative cancellative semigroup

Summary For a commutative cancellative semigroup S, we define the rank of S intrinsically. This definition implies that the rank of S equals the usual rank of its group of quotients. We also characterize the rank in terms of embeddability into a rational vector space of the greatest power cancellative image of S.     

A restarting approach for the symmetric rank one update for unconstrained optimization

Two basic disadvantages of the symmetric rank one (SR1) update are that the SR1 update may not preserve positive definiteness when starting with a positive definite approximation and the SR1 update can be undefined. A simple remedy to these problems is to restart the update with the initial approximation, mostly the identity matrix, whenever these difficulties arise. However, numerical experience shows that restart with the identity matrix is not a good choice. Instead of using the identity matrix we used a positive multiple of the identity matrix. The used positive scaling factor is the optimal solution of the measure defined by the problem—maximize the determinant of the update subject to a bound of one on the largest eigenvalue. This measure is motivated by considering the volume of the symmetric difference of the two ellipsoids, which arise from the current and updated quadratic models in quasi-Newton methods. A replacement in the form of a positive multiple of the identity matrix is provided for the SR1 update when it is not positive definite or undefined. Our experiments indicate that with such simple initial scaling the possibility of an undefined update or the loss of positive definiteness for the SR1 method is avoided on all iterations.     

Continuous fields of C*-algebras over finite dimensional spaces

Let X be a finite dimensional compact metrizable space. We study a technique which employs semiprojectivity as a tool to produce approximations of C(X)-algebras by C(X)-subalgebras with controlled complexity. The following applications are given. All unital separable continuous fields of C*-algebras over X with fibers isomorphic to a fixed Cuntz algebra On, n∈{2,3,…,∞}, are locally trivial. They are trivial if n=2 or n=∞. For n?3 finite, such a field is trivial if and only if (n−1)[A₁]=0 in K₀(A), where A is the C*-algebra of continuous sections of the field. We give a complete list of the Kirchberg algebras D satisfying the UCT and having finitely generated K-theory groups for which every unital separable continuous field over X with fibers isomorphic to D is automatically locally trivial or trivial. In a more general context, we show that a separable unital continuous field over X with fibers isomorphic to a KK-semiprojective Kirchberg C*-algebra is trivial if and only if it satisfies a K-theoretical Fell type condition.     

Best rank one approximation of real symmetric tensors can be chosen symmetric

We show that a best rank one approximation to a real symmetric tensor, which in principle can be nonsymmetric, can be chosen symmetric. Furthermore, a symmetric best rank one approximation to a symmetric tensor is unique if the tensor does not lie on a certain real algebraic variety.     

迹稳定秩1的C~*-代数的稳定有限性与弱迹稳定秩1

主要给出了迹稳定秩1的C~*-代数的稳定有限性,证明了如果A是有单位元迹稳定秩1的C~*-代数,则A是稳定有限的,引入了弱迹稳定秩1的定义,并且证明了如果有单位元的C~*-代数A是迹稳定秩1的,则A是弱迹稳定秩1的．对于单的具有SP性质的有单位元的C~*-代数A,如果A是弱迹稳定秩1的,则A是迹稳定秩1的．同时给出了迹稳定秩1的C~*-代数的一个等价条件,证明了一个有单位元的可分的C~*-代数A是迹稳定秩1的,等价于A=(t_4)limn→∞(A_n,p_n),其中tsr(A_n)=1．     

Scaled memoryless symmetric rank one method for large-scale optimization

This paper concerns the memoryless quasi-Newton method, that is precisely the quasi-Newton method for which the approximation to the inverse of Hessian, at each step, is updated from the identity matrix. Hence its search direction can be computed without the storage of matrices. In this paper, a scaled memoryless symmetric rank one (SR1) method for solving large-scale unconstrained optimization problems is developed. The basic idea is to incorporate the SR1 update within the framework of the memoryless quasi-Newton method. However, it is well-known that the SR1 update may not preserve positive definiteness even when updated from a positive definite matrix. Therefore we propose the memoryless SR1 method, which is updated from a positive scaled of the identity, where the scaling factor is derived in such a way that positive definiteness of the updating matrices are preserved and at the same time improves the condition of the scaled memoryless SR1 update. Under very mild conditions it is shown that, for strictly convex objective functions, the method is globally convergent with a linear rate of convergence. Numerical results show that the optimally scaled memoryless SR1 method is very encouraging.     

A Note on rings of finite rank

The rank rk(R) of a ring R is the supremum of minimal cardinalities of generating sets of I as I ranges over ideals of R. Matsuda and Matson showed that every n∈?⁺ (the positive integers) occurs as the rank of some ring R. Motivated by the result of Cohen and Gilmer that a ring of finite rank has Krull dimension 0 or 1, we give four different constructions of rings of rank n (for all n∈?⁺). Two constructions use one-dimensional domains. Our third construction uses Artinian rings (dimension zero), and our last construction uses polynomial rings over local Artinian rings (dimension one, irreducible, not a domain).     

单的迹稳定秩一C*-代数的消去性质

本文证明了一个单的有单位元的迹稳定秩一的C*-代数具有消去律,利用此结果证明了单的有单位元的迹稳定秩一的C*-代数是稳定秩一的.最后讨论了迹稳定秩一的C*-代数的K0群的性质.     

On K-theoretic invariants of semigroup C*-algebras attached to number fields

We show that semigroup C*-algebras attached to ax+b$ax+b$-semigroups over rings of integers determine number fields up to arithmetic equivalence, under the assumption that the number fields have the same number of roots of unity. For finite Galois extensions, this means that the semigroup C*-algebras are isomorphic if and only if the number fields are isomorphic.     

纯无限单的C*-代数通过某些C*-代数扩张的非稳定K-理论

设0→B■E■A→0是有单位元C~*-代数E的一个扩张,其中A是有单位元纯无限单的C~*-代数,B是E的闭理想.当B是E的本性理想并且同时是单的、可分的而且具有实秩零及性质(PC)时,证明了K_0(E)={[p]| p是E\B中的投影};当B是稳定C~*-代数时,证明了对任意紧的Hausdorff空间X,有■(C(X,E))/■_0(C(X,E))≌K_1(C(X,E)).     

单C~*-代数α-比较性的一种等价刻画

给出C~*-代数α-比较性的等价刻画:对于单的含单位元的稳定有限的C~*-代数A而言,A具有α-比较性,当且仅当对于任意的a,b∈W(A),若α·d_r(a)d_τ(b)(_τ∈QT(A)),则a≤b在Cuntz半群W(A)中成立.利用此刻画,证明了具有α-比较性的C~*-代数一定具有弱比较性;若A具有α-比较性,其中α=m+1,则A具有正元的强迹m-比较性;对于满足Kirchberg-R?rdam条件的C~*-代数,E-稳定、严格比较、α-比较性(α=m+1)、强迹m-比较性、弱比较性以及局部弱比较性彼此等价;若α:=inf{α′∈(1,∞)|A具有α′-比较}∞,则A具有α-比较性.     

The Cuntz semigroup and comparison of open projections

We show that a number of naturally occurring comparison relations on positive elements in a C^?-algebra are equivalent to natural comparison properties of their corresponding open projections in the bidual of the C^?-algebra. In particular we show that Cuntz comparison of positive elements corresponds to a comparison relation on open projections, that we call Cuntz comparison, and which is defined in terms of—and is weaker than—a comparison notion defined by Peligrad and Zsidó. The latter corresponds to a well-known comparison relation on positive elements defined by Blackadar. We show that Murray-von Neumann comparison of open projections corresponds to tracial comparison of the corresponding positive elements of the C^?-algebra. We use these findings to give a new picture of the Cuntz semigroup.     

Classification of Homomorphisms from C (X) to Simple C*-Algebras of Real Rank Zero

Abstract Let A be a unital simple C*-algebra of real zero, stable rank one, with weakly unperforated K ₀₍ A) and unique normalized quasi-trace τ, and let X be a compact metric space. We show that two monomorphisms φ, ψ : C(X)→A are approximately unitarily equivalent if and only if φ and ψ induce the same element in KL(C(X), A) and the two lineal functionals τ∘φ and τ∘ψ are equal. We also show that, with an injectivity condition, an almost multiplicative morphism from C(X) into A with vanishing KK-obstacle is close to a homomorphism. Research partially supported by NSF Grants DMS 93-01082 (H.L) and DMS-9401515(G.G). This work was reported by the first named author at West Coast Operator Algebras Seminar (Sept. 1995, Eugene, Oregon)     

非单C~*-代数α-比较性的等价刻画

给出非单C~*-代数α-比较性的等价刻画:当每个τ∈QT(■H)均为忠实时,■具有α-比较性,当且仅当对于任意的〈a〉,〈b〉∈Cu(■)且∝,若α·d_τ(a)≤在Cu(■)中成立;一般地,当QT(■H)≠Φ时,■具有α-比较性,当且仅当对于任意的,∈Cu(■),若存在η>0,使得d_τ(α)≤(α~(-1)-η)d_τ(b)(_τ∈QT(■H)),则≤在Cu(■)中成立.