English

The relation "commutator equals function'' in Banach algebras

Functional Analysis 2023-01-20 v4

Abstract

The relation xyyx=h(y)xy-yx=h(y), where hh is a holomorphic function, occurs naturally in the definitions of some quantum groups. To attach a rigorous meaning to the right-hand side of this equality, we assume that xx and yy are elements of a Banach algebra (or of an Arens--Michael algebra). We prove that the universal algebra generated by a commutation relation of this kind can be represented explicitly as an analytic Ore extension. An analysis of the structure of the algebra shows that the set of holomorphic functions of yy degenerates, but at each zero of hh, some local algebra of power series remains. Moreover, this local algebra depends only on the order of the zero. As an application, we prove a result about closed subalgebras of holomorphically finitely generated algebras.

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@article{arxiv.1911.03293,
  title  = {The relation "commutator equals function'' in Banach algebras},
  author = {Oleg Aristov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.03293},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

English translation (by Math. Notes, A.I.Shtern), for Russian see earlier versions; Version 2: Remark, which is wrong, is removed

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