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Locally unital $C^*$-algebras do not admit frames

Operator Algebras 2025-06-17 v2 Functional Analysis

Abstract

We study nonunital CC^*-algebras such that for any element there exists a local unit and prove that in such algebras there are no frames. This fact was previously known only for commutative algebras. Among other results, we establish some necessary properties of frames in CC^*-algebras (which are of independent interest in the noncommutative topology), and consider several examples of CC^*-algebras that are new in this context.

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@article{arxiv.2505.08968,
  title  = {Locally unital $C^*$-algebras do not admit frames},
  author = {Denis Fufaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.08968},
  year   = {2025}
}
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