The geometry of the space of selfadjoint invertible elements in a \(C^*\)-algebra
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instance of: scholarly article
title: The geometry of the space of selfadjoint invertible elements in a \(C^*\)-algebra
zbMATH Open document ID: 0786.58006
DOI: 10.1007/BF01204226
author: Horacio Porta
author: Gustavo Corach
author: Lázaro Recht
published in: Integral Equations and Operator Theory
publication date: 1994-05-16T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \(G\) \((G^ s)\) be the set of all (selfadjoint) invertible elements of a \(C^*\)-algebra \(A\) with identity. The geometric properties of \(G^ s\) are studied. The polar decomposition \(a = \nu\rho\) (\(a\in G^ s\), \(\nu > 0\), \(\rho\) unitary) provides a fibration \(\pi: G^ s \to P\), \(\pi(a) = \rho\), \(P = \{\rho \in A,\;\rho^* = \rho^{-1} = \rho\}\), as well as a Finsler structure on the bundle tangent \(TG^ s\), \(\| X\|_ a = \| \nu^{-1/2}X\nu^{-1/2}\|\). Descriptions of the fibres of \(\pi\) and of the group of all \(g \in G\) that preserve the fibres are given. It is proved that given two points in the same fiber \(G^ s_ \rho\) there is a unique geodesic fully contained in \(G^ s_ \rho\) joining them, which is the shortest curve in \(G^ s\) with the same endpoints. In the finite dimensional cases, Riemannian metrics are defined on \(TG^ s\) and an example where the canonical connection is the Levi-Civita connection of such a metric is pointed out.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 58B20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 58E10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 46L05
zbMATH DE Number: 269334
zbMATH Keywords: \(C^*\)-algebra
zbMATH Keywords: selfadjoint invertible elements
zbMATH Keywords: Finsler structures
reviewed by: Mihai Anastasiei
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01204226
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