M-complete approximate identities in operator spaces (Q4514734)

The present paper is devoted to the study of the notion of an M-complete approximate identity (M-cai) for a given operator subspace \(X\) of an operator space \(Y\). This generalizes a central approximate identities in ideals in \(C^*\)-algebras, for it is shown that if \(X\) admits an M-cai in \(Y\), then \(X\) is a complete M-ideal in \(Y\). For \({\mathcal J}\) is a nuclear ideal in a \(C^*\)-algebras \({\mathcal A}\) and for any locally reflexive operator space \(Y\) such that \({\mathcal J} \subset Y \subset {\mathcal A}\) with \(Y/{\mathcal J}\) separable it is proved that \({\mathcal J}\) is completele complemented in \(Y\). This generalizes a result of Effros-Haagerup, which considered the case \(Y = {\mathcal A}\). This yields a new proof of the Oikhberg-Rosenthal Theorem that the \(C^*\)-algebra of compact operators on \(\ell^2\) is completely complemented in any separable locally reflexive operator superspace. It is shown that if \(X\) is a complete M-ideal in \(Y\) then \(X\) admits an M-cai in \(Y\) in the followong cases: i) \(Y\) has the bounded approximation property; ii) \(Y\) is 1-locally reflexive and \(X\) is \(\lambda\)-nuclear for some \(\lambda \geq 1\); iii) \(X\) is a closed 2-sided ideal in an operator algebra \(Y\).