scholarly journals (No) Wigner Theorem for C*-algebras

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (07) ◽  
pp. 2050019
Author(s):  
Klaas Landsman ◽  
Kitty Rang
Keyword(s):  
Unitary Operator ◽  
Analogous Result ◽  
Transition Probabilities ◽  
Bounded Operators ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
C Algebra ◽  
C Algebras ◽  
Wigner’S Theorem ◽  
Wigner's Theorem ◽  
Abstract Existence

Wigner’s Theorem states that bijections of the set [Formula: see text] of one-dimensional projections on a Hilbert space [Formula: see text] that preserve transition probabilities are induced by either a unitary or an anti-unitary operator on [Formula: see text] (which is uniquely determined up to a phase). Since elements of [Formula: see text] define pure states on the C*-algebra [Formula: see text] of all bounded operators on [Formula: see text] (though typically not producing all of them), this suggests possible generalizations to arbitrary C*-algebras. This paper is a detailed study of this problem, based on earlier results by R. V. Kadison (1965), F. W. Shultz (1982), K. Thomsen (1982), and others. Perhaps surprisingly, the sharpest known version of Wigner’s Theorem for C*-algebras (which is a variation on a result from Shultz, with considerably simplified proof) generalizes the equivalence between the hypotheses in the original theorem and those in an analogous result on (anti-)unitary implementability of Jordan automorphisms of [Formula: see text], and does not yield (anti-)unitary implementability itself, far from it: abstract existence results that do give such implementability seem arbitrary and practically useless. As such, it would be fair to say that there is no Wigner Theorem for C*-algebras.

scholarly journals On upper triangular operator 2 x 2 matrices over C*-algebras

Filomat ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 691-706
Author(s):  
Stefan Ivkovic
Keyword(s):  
Operator Matrices ◽  
Bounded Operators ◽  
Fredholm Operators ◽  
C Algebra ◽  
C Algebras ◽  
Direct Sum ◽  
Triangular Operator ◽  
Upper Triangular Operator Matrices ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

We study adjointable, bounded operators on the direct sum of two copies of the standard Hilbert C*-module over a unital C*-algebra A that are given by upper triangular 2 by 2 operator matrices. Using the definition of A-Fredholm and semi-A-Fredholm operators given in [3], [4], we obtain conditions relating semi-A-Fredholmness of these operators and that of their diagonal entries, thus generalizing the results in [1], [2]. Moreover, we generalize the notion of the spectra of operators by replacing scalars by the elements in the C*-algebra A: Considering these new spectra in A of bounded, adjointable operators on Hilbert C*-modules over A related to the classes of A-Fredholm and semi-A-Fredholm operators, we prove an analogue or a generalized version of the results in [1] concerning the relationship between the spectra of 2 by 2 upper triangular operator matrices and the spectra of their diagonal entries.

scholarly journals Nuclear subalgebras of UHF C*-algebras

1986 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Archbold ◽  
Alexander Kumjian
Keyword(s):  
Tensor Product ◽  
Inductive Limit ◽  
Inductive Limits ◽  
C Algebra ◽  
C Algebras ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
The Family ◽  
Algebraic Tensor Product

A C*-algebra A is said to be approximately finite dimensional (AF) if it is the inductive limit of a sequence of finite dimensional C*-algebras(see [2], [5]). It is said to be nuclear if, for each C*-algebra B, there is a unique C*-norm on the *-algebraic tensor product A ⊗B [11]. Since finite dimensional C*-algebras are nuclear, and inductive limits of nuclear C*-algebras are nuclear [16];,every AF C*-algebra is nuclear. The family of nuclear C*-algebras is a large and well-behaved class (see [12]). The AF C*-algebras for a particularly tractable sub-class which has been completely classified in terms of the invariant K0 [7], [5].

On C*-Algebras Associated with Subshifts

1997 ◽  
Vol 08 (03) ◽  
pp. 357-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kengo Matsumoto
Keyword(s):  
Symbolic Dynamics ◽  
Markov Shift ◽  
C Algebra ◽  
C Algebras ◽  
Markov Shifts ◽  
Universal Properties

We construct and study C*-algebras associated with subshifts in symbolic dynamics as a generalization of Cuntz–Krieger algebras for topological Markov shifts. We prove some universal properties for the C*-algebras and give a criterion for them to be simple and purely infinite. We also present an example of a C*-algebra coming from a subshift which is not conjugate to a Markov shift.

scholarly journals CUNTZ–PIMSNER C*-ALGEBRAS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSHIFTS

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 47-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOKE MEIER CARLSEN
Keyword(s):  
Partial Isometries ◽  
C Algebra ◽  
C Algebras ◽  
Shift Space

By using C*-correspondences and Cuntz–Pimsner algebras, we associate to every subshift (also called a shift space) 𝖷 a C*-algebra [Formula: see text], which is a generalization of the Cuntz–Krieger algebras. We show that [Formula: see text] is the universal C*-algebra generated by partial isometries satisfying relations given by 𝖷. We also show that [Formula: see text] is a one-sided conjugacy invariant of 𝖷.

scholarly journals Free Product C* -algebras Associated with Graphs, Free Differentials, and Laws of Loops

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 548-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hartglass
Keyword(s):  
Differential Calculus ◽  
Von Neumann Algebras ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Weighted Graph ◽  
Positive Cone ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Planar Algebras ◽  
C Algebra ◽  
C Algebras ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient

AbstractWe study a canonical C* -algebra, 𝒮(Г,μ), that arises from a weighted graph (Г,μ), speci fic cases of which were previously studied in the context of planar algebras. We discuss necessary and sufficient conditions of the weighting that ensure simplicity and uniqueness of trace of 𝒮(Г,μ), and study the structure of its positive cone. We then study the *-algebra,𝒜, generated by the generators of 𝒮(Г,μ), and use a free differential calculus and techniques of Charlesworth and Shlyakhtenko as well as Mai, Speicher, and Weber to show that certain “loop” elements have no atoms in their spectral measure. After modifying techniques of Shlyakhtenko and Skoufranis to show that self adjoint elements x ∊ Mn(𝒜) have algebraic Cauchy transform, we explore some applications to eigenvalues of polynomials inWishart matrices and to diagrammatic elements in von Neumann algebras initially considered by Guionnet, Jones, and Shlyakhtenko.

scholarly journals Nilpotent Group C*-algebras as Compact Quantum Metric Spaces

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Christ ◽  
Marc A. Rieòel
Keyword(s):  
Finite Groups ◽  
Word Length ◽  
Polynomial Growth ◽  
Metric Spaces ◽  
Length Function ◽  
C Algebra ◽  
Pointwise Multiplication ◽  
C Algebras ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Compact Quantum Metric Space

AbstractLet be a length function on a group G, and let M denote the operator of pointwise multiplication by on l2(G). Following Connes, M𝕃 can be used as a “Dirac” operator for the reduced group C*-algebra (G). It deûnes a Lipschitz seminorm on (G), which defines a metric on the state space of (G). We show that for any length function satisfying a strong form of polynomial growth on a discrete group, the topology from this metric coincides with the weak-* topology (a key property for the definition of a “compact quantum metric space”). In particular, this holds for all word-length functions on ûnitely generated nilpotent-by-finite groups.

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