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Stability of derivations under weak-2-local continuous perturbations

Operator Algebras 2016-05-19 v1

Abstract

Let Ω\Omega be a compact Hausdorff space and let AA be a C^*-algebra. We prove that if every weak-2-local derivation on AA is a linear derivation and every derivation on C(Ω,A)C(\Omega,A) is inner, then every weak-2-local derivation Δ:C(Ω,A)C(Ω,A)\Delta:C(\Omega,A)\to C(\Omega,A) is a {\rm(}linear{\rm)} derivation. As a consequence we derive that, for every complex Hilbert space HH, every weak-2-local derivation Δ:C(Ω,B(H))C(Ω,B(H))\Delta : C(\Omega,B(H)) \to C(\Omega,B(H)) is a (linear) derivation. We actually show that the same conclusion remains true when B(H)B(H) is replaced with an atomic von Neumann algebra. With a modified technique we prove that, if BB denotes a compact C^*-algebra (in particular, when B=K(H)B=K(H)), then every weak-2-local derivation on C(Ω,B)C(\Omega,B) is a (linear) derivation. Among the consequences, we show that for each von Neumann algebra MM and every compact Hausdorff space Ω\Omega, every 2-local derivation on C(Ω,M)C(\Omega,M) is a (linear) derivation.

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@article{arxiv.1605.05656,
  title  = {Stability of derivations under weak-2-local continuous perturbations},
  author = {Enrique Jordá and Antonio M. Peralta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.05656},
  year   = {2016}
}
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