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Projectivity of Banach and $C^*$-algebras of continuous fields

Functional Analysis 2011-04-27 v1 Operator Algebras

Abstract

We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the left projectivity and biprojectivity of Banach algebras defined by locally trivial continuous fields of Banach algebras. We identify projective CC^*-algebras \A\A defined by locally trivial continuous fields U={Ω,(At)tΩ,Θ}\mathcal{U} = \{\Omega,(A_t)_{t \in \Omega},\Theta\} such that each CC^*-algebra At A_{t} has a strictly positive element. For a commutative CC^*-algebra \D\D contained in B(H){\cal B}(H), where HH is a separable Hilbert space, we show that the condition of left projectivity of \D\D is equivalent to the existence of a strictly positive element in \D\D and so to the spectrum of \D\D being a Lindelo¨\ddot{\rm o}f space.

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@article{arxiv.1104.4935,
  title  = {Projectivity of Banach and $C^*$-algebras of continuous fields},
  author = {David Cushing and Zinaida A. Lykova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.4935},
  year   = {2011}
}

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34 pages