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Sums of commutators in pure C*-algebras

Operator Algebras 2015-04-02 v1

Abstract

In a pure C*-algebra (i.e., one having suitable regularity properties in its Cuntz semigroup), any element on which all bounded traces vanish is a sum of 7 commutators.

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@article{arxiv.1504.00046,
  title  = {Sums of commutators in pure C*-algebras},
  author = {Ping Wong Ng and Leonel Robert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.00046},
  year   = {2015}
}