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Noncommutative point derivations for matrix function algebras

Operator Algebras 2009-11-12 v4 Functional Analysis

Abstract

We study a class of matrix function algebras, here denoted T+(Cn)\mathcal{T}^{+}(\mathcal{C}_n). We introduce a notion of point derivations, and classify the point derivations for certain finite dimensional representations of T+(Cn)\mathcal{T}^{+}(\mathcal{C}_n). We use point derivations and information about n×nn \times n matrices to show that every T+(Cn)\mathcal{T}^{+}(\mathcal{C}_n)-valued derivation on T+(Cn)\mathcal{T}^{+}(\mathcal{C}_n) is inner.

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@article{arxiv.math/0503643,
  title  = {Noncommutative point derivations for matrix function algebras},
  author = {Benton L. Duncan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0503643},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

11 pages, this version (3rd version) updates some notation and corrects typographical errors