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Complete isometries - an illustration of noncommutative functional analysis

Functional Analysis 2007-05-23 v1 Operator Algebras

Abstract

This article, addressed to a general audience of functional analysts, is intended to be an illustration of a few basic principles from `noncommutative functional analysis', more specifically the new field of {\em operator spaces.} In our illustration we show how the classical characterization of (possibly non-surjective) isometries between function algebras generalizes to operator algebras. We give some variants of this characterization, and a new proof which has some advantages.

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@article{arxiv.math/0211098,
  title  = {Complete isometries - an illustration of noncommutative functional analysis},
  author = {David P. Blecher and Damon M. Hay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0211098},
  year   = {2007}
}

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12 pages - Intended for Conference Proceedings

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