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Dye's Theorem and Gleason's Theorem for AW*-algebras

Operator Algebras 2014-08-21 v1

Abstract

We prove that any map between projection lattices of AWAW^\ast-algebras AA and BB, where AA has no Type I2I_2 direct summand, that preserves orthocomplementation and suprema of arbitrary elements, is a restriction of a normal Jordan \ast-homomorphism between AA and BB. This allows us to generalize Dye's Theorem from von Neumann algebras to AWAW^\ast-algebras. We show that Mackey-Gleason-Bunce-Wright Theorem can be extended to homogeneous AWAW^\ast-algebras of Type I. The interplay between Dye's Theorem and Gleason's Theorem is shown. As an application we prove that Jordan \ast-homomorphims are commutatively determined. Another corollary says that Jordan parts of AWAW^\ast-algebras can be reconstructed from posets of their abelian subalgebras.

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@article{arxiv.1408.4597,
  title  = {Dye's Theorem and Gleason's Theorem for AW*-algebras},
  author = {Jan Hamhalter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.4597},
  year   = {2014}
}

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17 pages