An index theorem for Toeplitz operators with noncommutative symbol space (Q1328273)
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An index theorem for Toeplitz operators with noncommutative symbol space (English)
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4 July 1994
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The authors consider Toeplitz operators with symbol in a \(C^*\)-algebra \(A\) carrying an action \(\alpha\) of \(\mathbb{R}\). They prove that when \(A\) has an \(\mathbb{R}\)-invariant trace \(\tau\), the Toeplitz operators with invertible symbols are Fredholm elements of an appropriate von Neumann algebra, and give a formula for their Breuer index in terms of \(\tau\) and the infinitesimal generator of the one-parameter automorphism group \(\alpha\). This theorem includes as special cases recent results of Curto-Muhly-Xia, Ji, and Lesch, as well as classical results of Gohberg-Krein and Coburn- Douglas-Schaeffer-Singer, and provides a more direct approach to the corresponding index theorems for systems.
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invariant trace
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Toeplitz operators with symbol in a \(C^*\)-algebra
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von Neumann algebra
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Breuer index
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infinitesimal generator
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one-parameter automorphism group
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index theorems for systems
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