Quasi-multipliers and algebrizations of an operator space. II: Extreme points and quasi-identities (Q2835258)

Quasi-multipliers of an operator space were introduced by the author and \textit{V. I. Paulsen} [J. Funct. Anal. 217, No. 2, 347--365 (2004; Zbl 1067.46050)], and in Part I of this series [ibid. 251, No. 1, 346--359 (2007; Zbl 1157.46030)], the author proved that quasi-multipliers of an operator space are in one-to-one correspondence with its algebraisations. After recalling some background in Section 2, he gives alternative definitions of quasi- and one-sided multipliers in Section 3. In Section 4, he introduces [approximate] quasi-identities on a normed algebra by requiring that \(x=ex+xe-exe\) [resp., \(x= \lim_\alpha (e_\alpha x + x e_\alpha - e_\alpha x e_\alpha)\)] for all \(x\); weak approximate quasi-identities are defined likewise using weak limits.NEWLINENEWLINEThe following is one of the main results. Let \(X\) be an operator space, \(z\) a quasi-multiplier of norm \(1\) and \((X,m_z)\) the corresponding algebraisation of \(X\). Then \((X,m_z)\) has a quasi-identity of norm \(1\) if \(z^*\) is an extreme point of the unit ball of \(X\). There are similar results for one- and two-sided identities, and in another theorem the case of weak approximate quasi- (etc.)\ identities is treated.NEWLINENEWLINESection 5 characterises when \((X,m_z)\) is a one-sided ideal in some \(C^*\)-algebra by means of quasi-multipliers. The short final section considers dual operator spaces, in which case the quasi-multipliers form a dual space as well.