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Angles Between Intermediate Operator Subalgebras

Operator Algebras 2026-02-04 v1

Abstract

Motivated by [2] and [5], the notions of interior and exterior angles between a pair of compatible intermediate W*-subalgebras of an inclusion of W*-algebras with a normal conditional expectation with finite probabilistic index are introduced. This is then employed effectively to define the interior angle between a pair of compatible intermediate C*-subalgebras of an inclusion of non-unital C*-algebras with a conditional expectation with finite Watatani index. It is also shown that the interior angle is stable under the minimal tensor product of unital C*-algebras.

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@article{arxiv.2602.03694,
  title  = {Angles Between Intermediate Operator Subalgebras},
  author = {Ved Prakash Gupta and Deepika Sharma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.03694},
  year   = {2026}
}