theta-deformations as compact quantum metric spaces
Operator Algebras
2007-05-23 v3 Quantum Algebra
Abstract
Let M be a compact spin manifold with a smooth action of the n-torus. Connes and Landi constructed theta-deformations M_{theta} of M, parameterized by n by n real skew-symmetric matrices theta. The M_{theta}'s together with the canonical Dirac operator (D, H) on M are an isospectral deformation of M. The Dirac operator D defines a Lipschitz seminorm on C(M_{theta}), which defines a metric on the state space of C(M_{theta}). We show that when M is connected, this metric induces the weak-* topology. This means that M_{theta} is a compact quantum metric space in the sense of Rieffel.
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@article{arxiv.math/0311500,
title = {theta-deformations as compact quantum metric spaces},
author = {Hanfeng Li},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0311500},
year = {2007}
}
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