Compact and weakly compact derivations of certain CSL algebras (Q1304464)

Let \({\mathcal H}\) denote a complex separable Hilbert space. Let \({\mathcal L}({\mathcal H})\) denote the set of all operators on \({\mathcal H}\). A subspace lattice consisting of mutually commuting projections is called a commutative subspace lattice and the associated reflexive algebra is called a CSL algebra. Let \({\mathcal A}\) be a subalgebra of \({\mathcal L}({\mathcal H})\) and \(S\) a subspace of \({\mathcal L}({\mathcal H})\) which is a 2-sided \({\mathcal A}\)-module. A derivation of \({\mathcal A}\) into a 2-sided \({\mathcal A}\)-module \(S\) is a linear map \(\delta\) such that \(\delta(ab)= a\delta(b)+ \delta(a)b\). In this paper the author investigates weakly compact and compact derivations of a class of CSL algebras. This class contains finite tensor product algebras of nest algebras and some nest subalgebras of a von Neumann algebra.