The Kadison-Singer problem for the direct sum of matrix algebras

Abstract: Let

M_{n}

denote the algebra of complex

n i m e s n

matrices and write

M

for the direct sum of the

M_{n}

. So a typical element of

M

has the form [x = x_1oplus x_2 ... oplus x_n oplus ...,] where

x_{n} i n M_{n}

and

| x | = s u p_{n} | x_{n} |

. We set

is diagonal for all

. We conjecture (contra Kadison and Singer (1959)) that every pure state of

D

extends uniquely to a pure state of

M

. This is known for the normal pure states of D, and we show that this is true for a (weak*) open, dense subset of all the singular pure states of

D

. We also show that (assuming the Continuum hypothesis)

M

has pure states that are not multiplicative on any maximal abelian *-subalgebra of

M

.

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