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A C*-algebra is a complex Banach algebra together with an isometric antilinear involution satisfying (a b)* = b* a* and the C*-identity ‖a* a‖ = ‖a‖². Related tags: [banach-algebras], [von-neumann-algebras], [operator-algebras], [spectral-theory].

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For what kind of $C^*$ algebras does the inequality $\frac{(ab+ba)}{2}\leq\frac{ a^p}{p} +\f...

Let me expand slightly on the comments I made above, and give the most general solution. Clearly the inequality $\frac{ab + ba}{2} \leq \frac{a^2}{2} + \frac{b^2}{2}$ holds for all positive elements $ …
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Decomposition of an element as a difference of positive elements in the definition subalgebr...

I don't know what Takesaki had in mind for the proof, but what you're asking is incorrect. Here is a counterexample where $\phi$ in the counterexample is a normal faithful semifinite (n.f.s.) weight. …
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Is $N_\phi = \{x \in E: \phi(\langle x,x\rangle)=0\}$ a Hilbert submodule of $E$?

It is not true. Take $B= M_2(\mathbb C)$ (with standard matrix units $e_{i,j}$), $E= B$ as a Hilbert $B$-module in the usual way, and let $\phi \in B^\ast$ be compression to the $(1,1)$-corner. Then …
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Two densely defined traces on a $C^*$-algebra coinciding on a dense subalgebra are equal

Yes, this is true. Let $a\in A_+$. By lower semicontinuity it suffices to show that $t_1((a-\delta)_+) = t_2((a-\delta)_+)$ for all $\delta>0$ (where $(a-\delta)_+$ is the positive part of $a-\delta 1 …
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Monotone approximation of elements in AF-algebras

No, this is not possible in general. $A^{LS}$ might have trivial intersection with a non-zero hereditary $C^\ast$-subalgebra of $A$, and thus any non-zero positive element in such a hereditary $C^\ast …
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Primitive ideals of minimal tensor product

I expect that this answer is satisfactory, although it isn't a complete answer. This is really the best result one can hope for. For a $C^\ast$-algebra $A$ let $Prime(A)$ be the prime ideal space (def …
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Strict topology on the multiplier algebra

Yes, these topologies agree basically by definition once you understand the isomorphism $M(A)\cong \mathcal L(A)$ (since $tθ_{a,b}=θ_{t(a),b}$ the canonical isomorphism $A≅ \mathcal K(A)$ takes this e …
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Stable rank one and corners of $C^\ast$-algebras

For separable $C^\ast$-algebras this phenomenon cannot happen, since any corner of a separable stable rank one $C^\ast$-algebra has stable rank one. More generally, this holds for $C^\ast$-algebras $A …
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Faithful traces on quasi-diagonal C*-algebras

No, separable (unital) quasi-diagonal $C^\ast$-algebras do not necessarily admit a faithful tracial state. For instance, the $C^\ast$-algebra \begin{equation} A= \{ f\in C([0,1], \mathcal O_2) : f(0) …
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Is there a C*-algebra whose Pedersen ideal is not proper?

Examples include all non-unital algebraically simple $C^\ast$-algebras. By [Blackadar, Bruce E.; Cuntz, Joachim The structure of stable algebraically simple C∗-algebras. Amer. J. Math. 104 (1982), no. …
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Convolution of functionals on compact quantum group

Every bounded linear functional on a $C^\ast$-algebra is a linear combination of states, so $\omega_1\odot \omega_2$ extends to the spatial (minimal) tensor product for all $\omega_1, \omega_2 \in A^\ …
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Endomorphisms of the Cuntz algebra

This is true: $\mathcal O_n$ is singly generated, i.e. there exists $x\in \mathcal O_n$ such that $C^\ast(x) = \mathcal O_n$. In particular, if $\phi, \psi \colon \mathcal O_n \to B$ are $\ast$-homomo …
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Is the reduced group $C^*$-algebra quasidiagonal

This is true for countable discrete groups by the celebrated Quasidiagonality Theorem of Tikuisis-White-Winter (Quasidiagonality of nuclear C∗-algebras. Ann. of Math. (2) 185 (2017), no. 1, 229–284.)
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Question on Cuntz' proof of Bott periodicity

The conclusion drawn in the book of Wegge-Olsen is wrong (explained below), but can, however, easily be tweaked to a correct proof. What is shown is that $j\circ q$ is homotopic to the identity on $\m …
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Approximating a projection by a sum of elementary tensors with a certain property

Yes, this is possible, assuming that $A$ (or $B$) is nuclear. The same argument below (using that exact $C^\ast$-algebras are locally reflexive) also works if $A$ or $B$ is exact and the tensor produc …
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