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Assume $A$ is a C*-algebra and $p,q\in A^{**}$ are compact projections. Can we always find $a,b\in A^1_+$ with $p\leq a$, $q\leq b$ and $||pq||=||ab||$? Note if $||pq||=1$ this is immediate, while ...

For a C*-algebra $A$ and open projections $p,q\in A^{**}$, consider the following statements. $\overline{p}\leq q$ $p\leq q$ and there exists open $r\in A^{**}$ with $rp=0$ and $r\vee q=1$ $p\leq q$ ...

Let $T$ be an operator $l^2({\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}}) \to l^2({\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}})$, $e_n \mapsto \sqrt{1 - q^{2(n+1)}}e_{n+1} $, where $0<q<1$. I want to compute $\|f(T,T^{*}) \|$ (operator ...