Connectedness of the invertibles in certain nest algebras of order type \(\omega\) (Q1760171)

The ``connectedness problem'' for nest algebras is whether the group of invertible elements of a nest algebra is norm-pathwise connected. This problem is of fundamental importance in the theory of nest algebras and has attracted many authors' attention. \textit{K. R. Davidson} et al. [Can. Math. Bull. 38, No.~4, 412--420 (1995; Zbl 0837.47036)] reduced the problem to nests of order type \(\omega\) with finite-dimensional atoms by showing that the invertible elements are connected in a nest algebra provided that there is a finite bound on the number of consecutive finite rank atoms in the nest. In the paper under review, the authors make some progress about the connectedness problem for this kind of nest and solve the problem for a class of nests of order type \(\omega\) with finite-dimensional atoms.