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In the introduction of their 1993 paper (see reference below), Popa and Takesaki write As it turns out, in these topologies [the weak and strong topology] $U(\mathscr{H})$ is again contractible (cf. …

Let $H$ be a separable, infinite-dimensional Hilbert space and let $\mathbb{B}(H)$ be the algebra of bounded operators on $H$. The norm topolology on $\mathbb{B}(H)$ is stricly finer, hence the identi …

Let $H$ be a real separable, infinite-dimensional Hilbert space and let $$\mathrm{Cl}(H) = \mathcal{T}(H_{\mathbb{C}}) / \{v\otimes w + w\otimes w - 2\langle v, w\rangle \cdot \mathbf{1} ~|~ v, w \in …

As explained in the book "Spinors in Hilbert Space" by Plymen and Robinson, if $V$ is a complex (separable) Hilbert space with a real structure, and $\mathrm{Cl}(V)$ the corresponding Clifford algebra …

Let $k=\mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{C}$ and let $A$ be a finite-dimensional $k$-algebra. If $A$ is simple, then the Skolem-Noether theorem says that any two algebra homomorphisms $f, g: A \to M_n(k)$ are c …

The resolvent set is the set of all $\zeta \in \mathbb{C}$ for which $T-\zeta$ is invertible (which means especially that the Range is all of $H$). The spectrum $\Sigma$ is the complement of the resol …

It is known that weak convergence implies norm convergence in $\ell^1(\mathbb{N})$, see e.g. here. Because of the typical analogies of the Schatten ideals $C_p \subset B(H)$ (where $H$ is a Hilbert s …

Let $\Gamma$ be a countable (discrete) group (in what follows, make additional assumptions as you wish). Let $C^*_r(\Gamma)$ and $W^*_r(\Gamma)$ be the reduced $C^*$-algebra respectively the reduced v …