FS-property for -algebras

A -algebra is said to have the FS-property if the set of all self-adjoint elements in has a dense subset of elements with finite spectrum. We shall show that this property is not stable under taking the minimal -tensor products even in case of separable nuclear -algebras.

     

Tracially AF -algebras

Inspired by a paper of S. Popa and the classification theory of nuclear -algebras, we introduce a class of -algebras which we call tracially approximately finite dimensional (TAF). A TAF -algebra is not an AF-algebra in general, but a ``large' part of it can be approximated by finite dimensional subalgebras. We show that if a unital simple -algebra is TAF then it is quasidiagonal, and has real rank zero, stable rank one and weakly unperforated -group. All nuclear simple -algebras of real rank zero, stable rank one, with weakly unperforated -group classified so far by their -theoretical data are TAF. We provide examples of nonnuclear simple TAF -algebras. A sufficient condition for unital nuclear separable quasidiagonal -algebras to be TAF is also given. The main results include a characterization of simple rational AF-algebras. We show that a separable nuclear simple TAF -algebra satisfying the Universal Coefficient Theorem and having and is isomorphic to a simple AF-algebra with the same -theory.

     

Compact range property and operators on -algebras

We prove that a Banach space has the compact range property (CRP) if and only if, for any given -algebra , every absolutely summing operator from into is compact. Related results for -summing operators () are also discussed as well as operators on non-commutative -spaces and -summing operators.

     

K-theoretic classification for certain inductive limit -algebras

In this paper a K-theoretic classification is given of the C-algebra dynamical systems where is of real rank zero, each is a finite direct sum of matrix algebras over finite connected graphs, and each is induced by an action on each component of the spectrum of . Corresponding to the trivial actions is the K-theoretic classification for real rank zero C-algebras that can be expressed as finite direct sums of matrix algebras over finite graphs obtained in Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. no. 547, vol. 114.

     

On the complexity of the description of -algebra representations by unbounded operators

We study the complexity of the problem to describe, up to unitary equivalence, representations of -algebras by unbounded operators on a Hilbert space. A number of examples are developed in detail.

     

The connected stable rank of the purely infinite simple -algebras

Suppose that is a unital purely infinite simple -algebra. If the class [1] of the unit 1 in has torsion, then ; if [1] is torsion-free in , then . If is a non-unital purely infinite simple -algebra, then .

     

-algebras associated with branched coverings

In this note we analyze the -algebra associated with a branched covering both as a groupoid -algebra and as a Cuntz-Pimsner algebra. We determine conditions when the algebra is simple and purely infinite. We indicate how to compute the K-theory of several examples, including one related to rational maps on the Riemann sphere.

     

Equivalence of norms on operator space tensor products of -algebras

The Haagerup norm on the tensor product of two -algebras and is shown to be Banach space equivalent to either the Banach space projective norm or the operator space projective norm if and only if either or is finite dimensional or and are infinite dimensional and subhomogeneous. The Banach space projective norm and the operator space projective norm are equivalent on if and only if or is subhomogeneous.

     

An order characterization of commutativity for -algebras

In this paper, we investigate the problem of when a -algebra is commutative through operator-monotonic increasing functions. The principal result is that the function is operator-monotonic increasing on a -algebra if and only if is commutative. Therefore, -algebra is commutative if and only if in for all positive elements in .

     

Simple corona -algebras

Let be a non-unital and -unital simple -algebra. We show that if is simple, then is purely infinite. We also show that is simple if and only if has a continuous scale provided that is not isomorphic to the compact operators.

     

Strongly self-absorbing -algebras

Say that a separable, unital -algebra is strongly self-absorbing if there exists an isomorphism such that and are approximately unitarily equivalent -homomorphisms. We study this class of algebras, which includes the Cuntz algebras , , the UHF algebras of infinite type, the Jiang-Su algebra and tensor products of with UHF algebras of infinite type. Given a strongly self-absorbing -algebra we characterise when a separable -algebra absorbs tensorially (i.e., is -stable), and prove closure properties for the class of separable -stable -algebras. Finally, we compute the possible -groups and prove a number of classification results which suggest that the examples listed above are the only strongly self-absorbing -algebras.

     

Residually finite dimensional and AF-embeddable -algebras

We show that every separable nuclear residually finite dimensional -algebras satisfying the Universal Coefficient Theorem can be embedded into a unital separable simple AF-algebra.

     

Structure of contractible locally -algebras

A locally -algebra is contractible iff it is topologically isomorphic to the topological cartesian product of a certain family of full matrix algebras.

     

-algebras generated by a subnormal operator

Using the functional calculus for a normal operator, we provide a result for generalized Toeplitz operators, analogous to the theorem of Axler and Shields on harmonic extensions of the disc algebra. Besides that result, we prove that if is an injective subnormal weighted shift, then any two nontrivial subspaces invariant under cannot be orthogonal to each other. Then we show that the -algebra generated by and the identity operator contains all the compact operators as its commutator ideal, and we give a characterization of that -algebra in terms of generalized Toeplitz operators. Motivated by these results, we further obtain their several-variable analogues, which generalize and unify Coburn's theorems for the Hardy space and the Bergman space of the unit ball.

     

A zero topological entropy map with recurrent points not

We show that there is a continuous map of the unit interval into itself of type which has a trajectory disjoint from the set of recurrent points of , but contained in the closure of . In particular, is not closed. A function of type , with nonclosed set of recurrent points, was found by H. Chu and J. Xiong [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 97 (1986), 361-366]. However, there is no trajectory contained in , since any point in is eventually mapped into . Moreover, our construction is simpler.

We use to show that there is a continuous map of the interval of type for which the set of recurrent points is not an set. This example disproves a conjecture of A. N. Sharkovsky et al., from 1989. We also provide another application of .

     

强拟\alpha-预不变凸函数

研究了一类重要的广凸函数------强拟$\alpha$-预不变凸函数,讨论了它与拟\,$\alpha$-预不变凸函数、严格拟\,$\alpha$-预不变凸函数及半严格拟\,$\alpha$-预不变凸函数之间的关系,并在中间点的强拟\,$\alpha$-预不变凸性下得到了它的三个重要的性质定理,同时给出了强拟\,$\alpha$-预不变凸函 数在数学规划中的两个重要应用,这些结果在一定程度上完善了对强拟\,$\alpha$-预不变凸函数的研究.     

Wigner's theorem in Hilbert -algebras of compact operators

Let be a Hilbert -module over the -algebra of all compact operators on a Hilbert space. It is proved that any function which preserves the absolute value of the -valued inner product is of the form , where is a phase function and is an -linear isometry. The result generalizes Molnár's extension of Wigner's classical unitary-antiunitary theorem.

     

Topological entropy, embeddings and unitaries in nuclear quasidiagonal -algebras

Using topological entropy of automorphisms of -algebras, it is shown that some important facts from the theory of AF algebras do not carry over to the class of algebras.

It is shown that in general one cannot perturb a basic building block into a larger one which almost contains it. The same entropy obstruction used to prove this fact also provides a new obstruction to the known fact that two injective homomorphisms from a building block into an algebra need not differ by an (inner) automorphism when they agree on K-theory.

     

Local automorphisms and derivations on certain -algebras

It is shown that continuous -local derivations on -algebras are derivations and surjective -local *-automorphisms on prime -algebras or on -algebras such that the identity element is properly infinite are *-automorphisms.