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Zero product preservers of C*-algebras

Operator Algebras 2007-08-29 v1 Functional Analysis

Abstract

Let T be be a zero-product preserving bounded linear map between C*-algebras A and B. Here neither A nor B is necessarily unital. In this note, we investigate when T gives rise to a Jordan homomorphism. In particular, we show that A and B are isomorphic as Jordan algebras if T is bijective and sends zero products of self-adjoint elements to zero products. They are isomorphic as C*-algebras if T is bijective and preserves the full zero product structure.

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@article{arxiv.0708.3718,
  title  = {Zero product preservers of C*-algebras},
  author = {Ngai-Ching Wong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.3718},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages,to appear in the ``Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Function Space'', Contemporary Math

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