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10 questions linked to/from Reference for the Gelfand duality theorem for commutative von Neumann algebras
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Morphisms associated to measured spaces [duplicate]
In a previous discussion (von neumann algebras and measurable spaces), the connexion between von Neumann algebras and localized measured spaces was clarified. I would like to have a category theory ...
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Is there an introduction to probability theory from a structuralist/categorical perspective?
The title really is the question, but allow me to explain.
I am a pure mathematician working outside of probability theory, but the concepts and techniques of probability theory (in the sense of ...
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Is there a category structure one can place on measure spaces so that category-theoretic products exist?
The usual category of measure spaces consists of objects $(X, \mathcal{B}_X, \mu_X)$, where $X$ is a space, $\mathcal{B}_X$ is a $\sigma$-algebra on $X$, and $\mu_X$ is a measure on $X$, and measure ...
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Is there a relation between Gelfand duality and the spectrum of a ring (with its Zariski topology)?
Compare the following two results:
Thm A) Let $A$ be a commutative $C^*$-algebra and let $X$ be its Gelfand spectrum. Gelfand duality says that there's a natural isometric $*$-isomorphism from $A$ to ...
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What's the point of a point-free locale?
In [1, example C.1.2.8], a locale $Y$ (dense in another locale
$X$) without any point is given. I fail to understand the point
of such point-less locale - Why can't we identify those as the
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Commutative von Neumann algebras and localizable measure spaces
This is not my subject so I apologize if my question is too obvious or understood from other pages.
I read some pages such as
Reference for the Gelfand-Neumark theorem for commutative von Neumann ...
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Ultraweak topology in abelian von Neumann algebras
Let $A$ be an abelian von Neumann algebra acting on the (not necessarily separable) Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$ (with identity $I$). From the Gelfand-Neumark theorem, there is a compact Hausdorff ...
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When does a $W^*$-algebra have a standard Borel spectrum?
EDIT: André Henriques has commented below that the correct separability condition is not weak-* separability as I have written below, but separability of the predual.
This post came out a bit long, ...
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Questions about Maharam's classification theorem
I am studying von Neumann algebras. In the wiki article abelian von Neumann algebras, it mentions that every abelian von Neumann algebras acting on a separable Hilbert space is *-isomorphic to $L^{\...
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Dense subcategory of measurable spaces
Recall the notion of a dense subcategory $\mathcal{D}$ of a category $\mathcal{C}$. It means that the restricted Yoneda functor $\mathcal{C} \to \mathrm{Hom}(\mathcal{D}^{op},\mathbf{Set})$, $A \...
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