On the decomposition into discrete, type II and type III C^*-algebras

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Abstract: We obtained a "decomposition scheme" of C*-algebras. We show that the classes of discrete C*-algebras (as defined by Peligard and Zsido), type II C*-algebras and type III C*-algebras (both defined by Cuntz and Pedersen) form a good framework to "classify" C*-algebras. In particular, we found that these classes are closed under strong Morita equivalence, hereditary C*-subalgebras as well as taking "essential extension" and "normal quotient". Furthermore, there exist the largest discrete finite ideal Ad,1, the largest discrete essentially infinite ideal Ad,infty, the largest type II finite ideal AII,1, the largest type II essentially infinite ideal AII,infty, and the largest type III ideal AIII of any C*-algebra A such that Ad,1+Ad,infty+AII,1+AII,infty+AIII is an essential ideal of A. This "decomposition" extends the corresponding one for W-algebras. We also give a closer look at C*-algebras with Hausdorff primitive spectrum, AW*-algebras as well as local multiplier algebras of C*-algebras. We find that these algebras can be decomposed into continuous fields of prime C*-algebras over a locally compact Hausdorff space, with each fiber being non-zero and of one of the five types mentioned above.









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