Simplicity, bounded normal generation, and automatic continuity of groups of unitaries
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Publication:6375779
DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2023.108894arXiv2108.09796MaRDI QIDQ6375779FDOQ6375779
Authors: Abhinav Chand, Leonel Robert 
Publication date: 22 August 2021
Abstract: We show that the commutator subgroup of the group of unitaries connected to the identity in a simple unital C*-algebra is simple modulo its center. We then go on to investigate the role of regularity properties in the structure of the special unitary group of a C*-algebra. Under mild assumptions, we show that this group has the invariant automatic continuity property and a unique polish group topology. Strengthening our assumptions in the case of simple C*-algebras, we show that the special unitary group modulo its center has bounded normal generation. These results apply to all simple purely infinite C*-algebras and too all simple nuclear C*-algebras in the "classifiable class". We show with counterexamples how our conclusions may in general fail if no regularity conditions are imposed on the C*-algebra.
General theory of (C^*)-algebras (46L05) Infinite-dimensional Lie groups and their Lie algebras: general properties (22E65) Automatic continuity (46H40)
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