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A hierarchy of Banach spaces with $C(K)$ Calkin Algebras

Functional Analysis 2016-08-08 v2

Abstract

For every well founded tree T\mathcal{T} having a unique root such that every non-maximal node of it has countable infinitely many immediate successors, we construct a L\mathcal{L}_\infty-space XTX_{\mathcal{T}}. We prove that for each such tree T\mathcal{T}, the Calkin algebra of XTX_{\mathcal{T}} is homomorphic to C(T)C(\mathcal{T}), the algebra of continuous functions defined on T\mathcal{T}, equipped with the usual topology. We use this fact to conclude that for every countable compact metric space KK there exists a L\mathcal{L}_\infty-space whose Calkin algebra is isomorphic, as a Banach algebra, to C(K)C(K).

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@article{arxiv.1407.8073,
  title  = {A hierarchy of Banach spaces with $C(K)$ Calkin Algebras},
  author = {Pavlos Motakis and Daniele Puglisi and Despoina Zisimopoulou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.8073},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

27 pages, this version contains an improved result