Discontinuous Homomorphisms from Non-Commutative Banach Algebras

DOI10.1112/S0024609397002981MaRDI QIDQ4349764zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Volker Runde, H. Garth Dales

Publication date 8 January 1998

Published in Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1112/s0024609397002981

zbMATH Keywords

existence of discontinuous homomorphismsgroup algebrasmaximal modular ideals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Automatic continuity (46H40)

Review text

Several results establish the existence of discontinuous homomorphisms from a Banach algebra satisfying certain specified conditions into some other Banach algebra (in each case, under the assumption of the continuum hypothesis). This was first proved for the commutative, infinite-dimensional \(C^*\)-algebras \(C(\Omega)\) independently by H. G. Dales and by J. R. Esterle. The result was extended to (non-commutative) \(C^*\)-algebras \(A\) with the property that, for some \(n\in\mathbb{N}\), \(A\) has infinitely many non-equivalent, irreducible, \(n\)-dimensional \(*\)-representations by \textit{E. Albrecht} and \textit{H. G. Dales} [Lect. Notes Math. 975, 375-396 (1983; Zbl 0518.46034)], and to certain group algebras by \textit{V. Runde} [Math. Proc. Cambridge Phil. Soc., 120, 703-708 (1966)]. The present paper gives a short proof of the following theorem. Let \(A\) be a Banach algebra. Suppose that there exists \(k\in\mathbb{N}\) and a family \(\{I_n:n\in\mathbb{N}\}\) of maximal modular ideals in \(A\) such that \(A/I_n\cong M_k\) for each \(n\in\mathbb{N}\). Then there is a discontinuous homomorphism from \(A\) into a Banach algebra. This result subsumes the known partial results for \(C^*\)-algebras and group algebras. It is conjectured that, if \(A\) is a \(C^*\)-algebra not satisfying the condition in theorem, then all homomorphisms from \(A\) into a Banach algebra are automatically continuous; for a recent partial result towards this conjecture, see \textit{O. Ermert} [J. Lond. Math. Soc., 54, 369-386 (1996)].

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