The Effros-Ruan conjecture for bilinear forms on C^*-algebras

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Abstract: In 1991 Effros and Ruan conjectured that a certain Grothendieck-type inequality for a bilinear form on C∗-algebras holds if (and only if) the bilinear form is jointly completely bounded. In 2002 Pisier and Shlyakhtenko proved that this inequality holds in the more general setting of operator spaces, provided that the operator spaces in question are exact. Moreover, they proved that the conjecture of Effros and Ruan holds for pairs of C∗-algebras, of which at least one is exact. In this paper we prove that the Effros-Ruan conjecture holds for general C∗-algebras, with constant one. More precisely, we show that for every jointly completely bounded (for short, j.c.b.) bilinear form on a pair of C∗-algebras A and B, there exist states f1, f2 on A and g1, g2 on B such that for all ainA and binB, |u(a, b)| leq ||u||_{jcb}(f_1(aa^*)^{1/2}g_1(b^*b)^{1/2} + f_2(a^*a)^{1/2}g_2(bb^*)^{1/2}) . While the approach by Pisier and Shlyakhtenko relies on free probability techniques, our proof uses more classical operator algebra theory, namely, Tomita-Takesaki theory and special properties of the Powers factors of type IIIlambda, 0<lambda<1 .


This remarkable paper solves the main problem left open in the previous work by \textit{G.\,Pisier} and \textit{D.\,Shlyakhtenko} on the same subject [Invent.\ Math.\ 150, No.\,1, 185--217 (2002; Zbl 1033.46044)]. Namely, it proves the following Grothendieck inequality for bilinear forms on C*-algebras, in the framework of operator spaces. Let \(A,B\) be C*-algebras and let \(u:A\times B\to\mathbb C\) be a jointly completely bounded bilinear form. Then there exist states \(f_1,f_2\) on \(A\) and \(g_1,g_2\) on \(B\) such that \[ |u(a, b)|\leq \|u\|_{\text{jcb}}\left(f_1(aa^*)^{1/2}g_1(b^*b)^{1/2} +f_2(a^*a)^{1/2}g_2(bb^*)^{1/2}\right) \] for any \(a\in A\) and \(b \in B\), thereby confirming a conjecture of Effros-Ruan and Blecher in full generality. \textit{G.\,Pisier} and \textit{D.\,Shlyakhtenko} [loc.\,cit.]\ had proved the inequality above under the additional assumption that \(A\) or \(B\) is exact. The proof given here relies on the Grothendieck-Haagerup-Pisier inequality for C*-algebras in the Banach space setting and on special properties of Powers' III\(_{\lambda}\)-factors.











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