Interactions

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Interactions (scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5151609)



Abstract: Given a C*-algebra B, a closed *-subalgebra A contained in B, and a partial isometry S in B which "interacts" with A in the sense that S*aS = H(a)S*S and SaS* = V(a)SS*, where V and H are positive linear operators on A, we derive a few properties which V and H are forced to satisfy. Removing B and S from the picture we define an "interaction" as being a pair of maps (V,H) satisfying the derived properties. Starting with an abstract interaction (V,H) over a C*-algebra A we construct a C*-algebra B containing A and a partial isometry S whose "interaction" with A follows the above rules. We then discuss the possibility of constructing a "covariance algebra" from an interaction. This turns out to require a generalization of the notion of correspondences (also known as Pimsner bimodules) which we call a "generalized correspondence". Such an object should be seen as an usual correspondence, except that the inner-products need not lie in the coefficient algebra. The covariance algebra is then defined using a natural generalization of Pimsner's construction of the celebrated Cuntz-Pimsner algebras.


Let \(B\) be a \(C^*\)-algebra, \(A\subset B\) be a \(C^*\)-subalgebra and \(S\in B\) be a partial isometry that interacts with \(A\) in the sense that \(S^*aS={\mathcal H}(a)S^*S\) and \(SaS^*={\mathcal V}(a)SS^*\), \(a\in A\), where \({\mathcal H}\), \({\mathcal V}\) are positive linear operators on \(A\). The author describes the properties that these operators must satisfy and then removes \(B\) and \(S\) from this picture and gives an abstract definition of an interaction as a pair of maps \(({\mathcal H},{\mathcal V})\) on \(A\) satisfying the described properties. This abstract definition allows to construct \(B\) and \(S\) as above using ternary rings of operators. Then the author describes the construction of a covariance algebra from an interaction, which generalizes the Cuntz--Pimsner algebra construction.











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