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Finite sums of commutators

Functional Analysis 2007-05-23 v1 Operator Algebras

Abstract

We show that elements of unital CC^*-algebras without tracial states are finite sums of commutators. Moreover, the number of commutators involved is bounded, depending only on the given CC^*-algebra.

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@article{arxiv.math/0101135,
  title  = {Finite sums of commutators},
  author = {Ciprian Pop},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0101135},
  year   = {2007}
}