Nuclear dimension and sums of commutators

DOI10.1512/IUMJ.2015.64.5472zbMATH Open1344.46040arXiv1309.0498OpenAlexW2962693019MaRDI QIDQ5262907FDOQ5262907

Authors: Leonel Robert 

Publication date: 10 July 2015

Published in: Indiana University Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The problem of expressing a selfadjoint element that is zero on every bounded trace as a finite sum (or a limit of sums) of commutators is investigated in the setting of C*-algebras of finite nuclear dimension. Upper bounds -- in terms of the nuclear dimension of the C*-algebra -- are given for the number of commutators needed in these sums. An example is given of a simple, nuclear C*-algebra (of infinite nuclear dimension) with a unique tracial state and with elements that vanish on all bounded traces and yet are "badly" approximated by finite sums of commutators. Finally, the same problem is investigated on (possibly non-nuclear) simple unital C*-algebras assuming suitable regularity properties in their Cuntz semigroups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.0498

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zbMATH Keywords

nuclear dimensionstrict comparisonsums of commutators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of (C^*)-algebras (46L05) Classifications of (C^*)-algebras (46L35)

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