Operator synthesis. I: Synthetic sets, bilattices and tensor algebras (Q1876253)

Let \(J\) be an ideal of a commutative regular Banach algebra \(A\). A closed subset \(E\) of the character space \(M(A)\) is called the set of spectral synthesis if \(E=\)\ Ker\ \( J=\{t\in M(A): t(a)=0\) \ for any \ \(a\in J\}\) implies \(J =\)\ hull\ \(E=\{ a\in A: t(a)=0\)\ for any\ \(t\in E\}\). In the invariant subspace theory, the notion of operator synthesis is related to the Galois correspondence between operator algebras \({\mathcal M}\) and strongly closed subspace lattices \({\mathcal L}\): \ lat\ \({\mathcal M}=\{ L: TL\subseteq L\),\ for any\ \(T\in {\mathcal M}\}\),\ alg\ \({\mathcal L}=\{T: TL\subseteq L,\)\ for any\ \(L\in{\mathcal L}\}\). A lattice \({\mathcal L}\) is called operator synthetic if \(\text{lat }{\mathcal M}={\mathcal L}\) implies \({\mathcal M}=\text{alg }{\mathcal L}\). In this paper, the interplay between the operator synthesis and spectral synthesis for locally compact abelian groups discovered by \textit{W. Arveson} [Ann. Math. (2) 100, 433--532 (1974; Zbl 0334.46070)] is extended to include other topics such as harmonic analysis for Varopoulos algebras and approximation by projection-valued measures. Some problems which were posed by Arveson are also solved.