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Reference request for translating from Top to C*-alg
Some recent questions on MO (for example, Do subalgebras of C(X) admit a description in terms of the compact Hausdorff space X?) have been about Gelfand duality — namely, that the categories of ...
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Realisation of the noncommutative torus as a universal $ C^{*} $-algebra
One of the most basic examples in noncommutative geometry is the so-called noncommutative torus, denoted here by $ \mathbb{T}_{\theta} $. As far as I know, there are several equivalent constructions ...
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Convolution algebras for double groupoids?
There is a lot of work of course on convolution algebras of measured groupoids, and this gives "Noncommutative geometry". However there is a lot of interest in algebraically structured groupoids, for ...
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Classical (i.e. commutative) spaces with quantum symmetry but no classical symmetry
In a recent preprint (arXiv:2311.04889), my coauthors and I constructed a sequence of graphs with no classical symmetry which nevertheless have quantum symmetry.
For graphs this had been an open ...
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Making sense of "every non-commutative algebra has its own internal time evolution (aka a one-parameter group)"?
I've listened to many interviews and lectures of Alain Connes, in which he says something which goes roughly as follows
"Every non-commutative algebra has its own time (evolution of), by which I ...
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Definition of a von Neumann algebra
Is there a way to equip every C*-algebra A with a functorial topology such that
the canonical map A→A** is an isomorphism if and only if A is a von Neumann algebra?
Here A** denotes the dual of A* in ...
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Noncommutative Fredholm operators
Let $A$ be a unital $C^*$-algebra and $F:H_A\rightarrow H_A$ a Fredholm operator on the standard Hilbert $A$-module $H_A:=l^2(A)$. Is it true that $\mbox{ker}(F)$ and $\mbox{coker}(F)$ are finitely ...
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$H^{*}$ algebras as a generalization of $C^{*}$ algebras
Let $H$ be the quaternions algebra. An $H^{*}$ algebra is a normed ring $A$ which is simultaneously a unital left $H$ module and has an involution $*$ with the following properties:
$\forall \lambda \...
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Simple $C^*$ algebras with invariant subspace property
Edit: According to the valuable comment of Yemon Choi I revise the question by replacing "faithful" with "irreducible".
We say that a $C^*$ algebra $A$ satisfies the invariant subspace ...
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$C^*$ algebras whose nontrivial projections form a non empty compact connected set
Apart from $M_2(\mathbb{C})$. what is an example of a $C^*$ algebra $A$ whose set of non trivial projections form a non empty compact connected set?
Is there an example of this situation such that ...
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Can $C^*$-algebra of continuous functions on $R^n$ ($S^n$) be characterized alternatively?
Dictionary between algebra and geometry is somewhat one of the main concepts in modern mathematics. So commutative $C^*$ algebras are one-to-one with locally compact Hausdorff spaces.
So it is ...
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$C^{*}$-correspondences viewed as generalized endomorphisms
I've heard that $C^{*}$-correspondences (over a $C^{*}$-algebra) can be viewed as generalized endomorphisms of the algebra. I would like to understand this, and be pointed towards books or papers ...
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$K$-theory and surjective norm-decreasing $*$-homomorphisms between $C^*$-algebras
Let $A$ and $B$ be two $C^*$-algebras, and let $p:A \to B$ be a surjective norm-decreasing $*$-homomorphism which is injective on a dense $*$-sub-algebra of $A$. Can such a map have non-trivial kernel,...
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A $C^*$ algebraic analogy of the concept of complemented subspace in the particular case of $\ell^\infty$
Let $A$ be a $C^*$ algebra. A $C^*$ subalgebra $C\subset A$ is said to be $C^*$ algebraic complemented of $A$ if there exist a $C^*$ subalgebra $D\subset A$ with $A=C\oplus D$ and the obvios mapping $...
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informative examples for understanding spectral triples
I am at the beginning of my thesis work and I am trying to understand spectral triples. I can recall the definition but I have no informative examples with which to make sense of it. What are some ...
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A continuous functional calculus on/positive elements in a Fréchet algebra?
I am trying to understand what (minimal) conditions one would need in order to obtain a functional calculus on a Fréchet algebra, which we demand to be equipped with an involution that leaves all semi-...
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Anzai flow in noncommutative geometry
Consider Anzai flows (cf. Anzai: Ergodic Skew Product Transformations on the Torus, Osaka Math. J. 3 (1951), 83-99) on the two dimensional torus $T^2$. I would like to know if there exists some ...
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Neglect of Compact Quantum Metric Spaces [closed]
Does anyone have an opinion on Rieffel's theory of compact quantum metric spaces? To me it seems to be a very interesting new area of mathematics. It shows how to generalise complicated geometric ...
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Examples of $C^*$-algebras in Noncommutative Geometry from A. Connes [closed]
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I am working on $C^*$-algebras and I've been given Alain Connes's book Noncommutative Geometry. I am having troubles with understanding the examples on pages 91-93 (86-88 in the printed ...
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Number of connected components of a $C^{*}$ algebra
Inspired by the concept in the following post
What are these compact sets called?
We introduce the following concept:
Let $A$ be a unital $C^{*}$ algebra. We consider the unitary equivalent ...
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An unconventional definition of the $ C^{*} $-algebraic reduced crossed product
Let $ (A,G,\alpha) $ be a $ C^{*} $-dynamical system, i.e., $ A $ is a $ C^{*} $-algebra, $ G $ is a locally compact Hausdorff group and $ \alpha $ is a strongly continuous action of $ G $ on $ A $ by ...
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PhD in operator algebras and non-commutative geometry [closed]
I do not know whether it is a good place to ask this question or not.
I want to PhD in operator algebras and non-commutative geometry. What are the best places in the world for that? I want a good ...
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A locally convex $C^*$ algebraic structure on the disk algebra
A locally convex $C^*$ algebra is a locally convex topological vector space $A$ whose topology is generated by a familly of complete $C^*$ semi norm and $A$ is a $*$ algebra. Moreover all algebra ...
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Commutative subalgebras of $B(H)$ whose all automorphisms are in the form of unitary conjugation
Let $H$ be a complex Hilbert space.
Is there a compact Hausdorff space $X$ such that $C(X)$ is embeded in $B(H)$ and for every homeomorphism $\alpha$ of $X$ there exist a unitary operator $u\in B(H)$ ...
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Smallest norms on crossed product $C^*$-algebras
Let $A$ be a commutative $C^*$-algebra with a discrete group $G$ acting on it. The reduced crossed product is the completion of the algebraic crossed product $C_c(G,A)$ in the reduced norm $\Vert \...
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Dependence of functional integral on the function space
In physics, the following functional integral is considered
\begin{gather}
Z[J]= \int Df \exp(-\int d^dx( f\Box f+\lambda f^4 +Jf ))
\end{gather}
It is usually said that the integration is performed ...
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Smooth sections of finite dimensional bundle and covering space
Let $G$ be a discrete finitely generated group which acts properly and freely on a smooth manifold $M$ with compact quotient $M/G$. Is it right to consider any function $f \in C^{\infty}_c(M)$ (with ...
