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Covering Dimension for Nuclear C*-Algebras II

Operator Algebras 2007-05-23 v1 Functional Analysis

Abstract

The completely positive rank is an analogue of topological covering dimension, defined for nuclear C*-algebras via completely positive approximations. These may be thought of as simplicial approximations of the algebra, which leads to the concept of piecewise homogeneous maps and a notion of noncommutative simplicial complexes. We introduce a technical variation of the completely positive rank and show that the two theories coincide in many important cases. Furthermore we analyze some of their properties; in particular we show that both theories behave nicely with respect to ideals and that they coincide with covering dimension of the spectrum for certain continuous trace C*-algebras.

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@article{arxiv.math/0108102,
  title  = {Covering Dimension for Nuclear C*-Algebras II},
  author = {Wilhelm Winter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0108102},
  year   = {2007}
}
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