Strict quantizations of symplectic manifolds (Q1431316)

The deformation quantization of a symplectic manifold was proven by \textit{M. De Wilde} and \textit{P. B. A. Lecomte}, [Lett. Math. Phys. 7, 487--496 (1983; Zbl 0526.58023)]. The subject of the noncommutative differential geometry imposed the problem of a strict quantization [\textit{A. J.-L. Sheu}, Commun. Math. Phys. 135, No. 2, 217--232 (1991; Zbl 0719.58042)] of a Poisson manifold. The noncommutative \(2\)-torus is a strict quantization of the \(2\)-torus with the canonical symplectic structure. The main result of the paper extends this situation, in the following theorem: Let \(M\) be a closed symplectic manifold such that \(\pi _{1}(M)\) is exact and \(\pi _{2}(M)=0\). Then \(M\) has a strict quantization. The notion of exactness of a discrete group has been studied in [Math. Ann. 303, No. 4, 677--697 (1995; Zbl 0835.46057)] by \textit{E. Kirchberg} and \textit{S. Wassermann}. As the authors remark, it is possible that the topological conditions are redundant. The local method used in the paper is different from that used by the first two authors for Riemannian surfaces of genus grater that one [Cuntz, Joachim (ed.) et al., \(C^*\)-algebras. Proceedings of the SFB-workshop, Münster, Germany, March 8-12, 1999. Berlin: Springer. 142--150 (2000; Zbl 1015.46040) and Commun. Math. Phys. 202, No. 1, 65--87 (1999; Zbl 0961.46042)], a situation covered also by the main result.