Wold decomposition on odometer semigroups

We establish a Wold-type decomposition for isometric and isometric Nica-covariant representations of the odometer semigroup. These generalize the Wold-type decomposition for commuting pairs of isometries due to Popovici and for pairs of doubly commuting isometries due to Słociński.

The role of the algebraic structure in Wold-type decomposition

In recent works [G. A. Bagheri-Bardi, A. Elyaspour and G. H. Esslamzadeh, Wold-type decompositions in Baer ∗ \ast -rings, Linear Algebra Appl. 539 2018, 117–133] and [G. A. Bagheri-Bardi, A. Elyaspour and G. H. Esslamzadeh, The role of algebraic structure in the invariant subspace theory, Linear Algebra Appl. 583 2019, 102–118], the algebraic analogues of the three major decomposition theorems of Wold, Nagy–Foiaş–Langer and Halmos–Wallen were established in the larger category of Baer * {*} -rings. The results have their versions for commuting pairs in von Neumann algebras. In the corresponding proofs, both norm and weak operator topologies are heavily involved. In this work, ignoring topological structures, we give an algebraic approach to obtain them in Baer * {*} -rings.

Compact groups with many elements of bounded order

Lévai and Pyber proposed the following as a conjecture: Let G be a profinite group such that the set of solutions of the equation {x^{n}=1} has positive Haar measure. Then G has an open subgroup H and an element t such that all elements of the coset tH have order dividing n (see [V. D. Mazurov and E. I. Khukhro, Unsolved Problems in Group Theory. The Kourovka Notebook. No. 19, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirisk, 2019; Problem 14.53]). The validity of the conjecture has been proved in [L. Lévai and L. Pyber, Profinite groups with many commuting pairs or involutions, Arch. Math. (Basel) 75 2000, 1–7] for {n=2}. Here we study the conjecture for compact groups G which are not necessarily profinite and {n=3}; we show that in the latter case the group G contains an open normal 2-Engel subgroup.

Unperforated Pairs of Operator Spaces and Hyperrigidity of Operator Systems

We study restriction and extension properties for states on C*-algebras with an eye towards hyperrigidity of operator systems. We use these ideas to provide supporting evidence for Arveson’s hyperrigidity conjecture. Prompted by various characterizations of hyperrigidity in terms of states, we examine unperforated pairs of self-adjoint subspaces in a C*-algebra. The configuration of the subspaces forming an unperforated pair is in some sense compatible with the order structure of the ambient C*-algebra. We prove that commuting pairs are unperforated and obtain consequences for hyperrigidity. Finally, by exploiting recent advances in the tensor theory of operator systems, we show how the weak expectation property can serve as a flexible relaxation of the notion of unperforated pairs.

Commuting pairs of self-adjoint elements in C *-algebras

We give a condition on commutativity of a pair of self-adjoint elements in a C *-algebra with respect to the continuous functional calculus. We also give an answer to the question raised by Jeang and Ko that if a non-constant continuous function totally spans the given C *-algebra.