Uniformly <i>T</i> ₂ Algebras in Approximately Finite-Dimensional <i>C</i> *-Algebras (Q4340949)

Uniformly hyperfinite (UHF) \(C^*\)-algebras were characterized by Glimm in the following way: a separable, unital \(C^*\)-algebra \(A\) is UHF if and only if for each \(\varepsilon> 0\) and each finite set \(\{a_1,\dots, a_k\}\) in \(A\), there is a subalgebra \(B\) isomorphic to the algebra \(M_n\) of all \(n\times n\) matrices for some \(n\), such that \(\text{dist}(a_i, B)<\varepsilon\) for each \(i\). The present paper is devoted to non-self-adjoint subalgebras of approximately finite-dimensional (AF) \(C^*\)-algebras. Let \(T(m,n)\) be the block upper triangular subalgebra of \(M_{n+m}\) with self-adjoint part equal to \(M_n\oplus M_n\). A Banach subalgebra \(A\) of a \(C^*\)-algebra is said to be uniformly \(T_2\) if, for each \(\varepsilon> 0\) and each finite set \(\{a_1,\dots, a_k\}\in A\), there exist \(m,n\in\mathbb{N}\) and a subalgebra \(B\) of \(A\) with \(B\cong^*T(m,n)\) such that \(\text{dist}(a_i, B)<\varepsilon\) for each \(i\). The main result of the paper is the following analogue of the above Glimm's characterization for uniformly \(T_2\) algebras: Theorem 3.1. Let \(A\) be a separable Banach subalgebra of a \(C^*\)-algebra. Then \(A\) is uniformly \(T_2\) if and only if there exist a chain \(A_1\subset A_2\subset\cdots\) of subalgebras of \(A\) and sequences \((m_i)\) and \((n_i)\) of positive integers such that \(A_i\cong^*T(m_i, n_i)\) for each \(i\) and \(A=\overline{UA_i}\). There are also result concerning complete classification of uniformly \(T_2\) algebras and some examples.