Commutators and linear spans of projections in certain finite C^-algebras

DOI10.1016/J.JFA.2013.12.009zbMATH Open1297.46038arXiv1208.1949OpenAlexW2964016092MaRDI QIDQ2452471FDOQ2452471

Authors: Victor Kaftal, Shuang Zhang, P. W. Ng 

Publication date: 3 June 2014

Published in: Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Assume that A is a unital separable simple C*-algebra with real rank zero, stable rank one, strict comparison of projections, and that its tracial simplex T(A) has a finite number of extremal points. We prove that every self-adjoint element a in A in the kernel of all tracial states is the sum of two commutators in A and that every positive element of A is a linear combination of projections with positive coefficients. Assume that A is as above but sigma-unital. Then an element (resp. a positive element) a of A is a linear combination (resp. a linear combination with positive coefficients) of projections if and only if for all au in T(A), the extension �ar au to the enveloping von Neumann algebra has a finite value for the range projection of a. Assume that A is unital and as above but T(A) has infinitely many extremal points. Then A is not the linear span of its projections. This result settles two open problems of Marcoux.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.1949

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zbMATH Keywords

commutators\(C^\ast\)-algebralinear combinations of projections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of (C^*)-algebras (46L05) Commutators, derivations, elementary operators, etc. (47B47)

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