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We prove that the C*-algebra of a minimal diffeomorphism satisfies Blackadar's Fundamental Comparability Property for positive elements. This leads to the classification, in terms of K-theory and traces, of the isomorphism classes of…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2015-05-13 Andrew S. Toms

We construct a C*-algebra that has only one irreducible representation up to unitary equivalence but is not isomorphic to the algebra of compact operators on any Hilbert space. This answers an old question of Naimark. Our construction uses…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2009-11-10 Charles Akemann , Nik Weaver

In this paper, we collect some technical results about weights on C*-algebras which are useful in de theory of locally compact quantum groups in the C*-algebra framework. We discuss the extension of a lower semi-continuous weight to a…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Johan Kustermans , Stefaan Vaes

In this paper, by using the concept of positive elements of $C^*$-algebras instead of the real numbers $\mathbb{R}$, a generalization of distribution functions, with a particular focus on distance distribution functions has been introduced…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Rasoul Abazari

The geometric calculus based on Clifford algebra is a very useful tool for geometry and physics. It describes a geometric structure which is much richer than the ordinary geometry of spacetime. A Clifford manifold (C-space) consists not…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-17 Matej Pavsic

We give an explicit injective representation of the universal $\mathrm{C}^\ast$-algebra that is generated by doubly non-commuting isometries. This injectivity allows us to prove that such universal algebras embed naturally into each other…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2024-12-10 Marcel de Jeu , Alexey Kuzmin , Paulo R. Pinto

We provide a complete description of the order isomorphisms between the self-adjoint parts of $C^*$-algebras. Furthermore, we characterize such isomorphisms between general operator intervals in $AW^*$-algebras. For the description, we use…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Youssef El Khatiri

An often used model for quantum theory is to associate to every physical system a C*-algebra. From a physical point of view it is unclear why operator algebras would form a good description of nature. In this paper, we find a set of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-07 John van de Wetering

A geometrical formulation of estimation theory for finite-dimensional $C^{\star}$-algebras is presented. This formulation allows to deal with the classical and quantum case in a single, unifying mathematical framework. The derivation of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-12-01 Florio M. Ciaglia , Jürgen Jost , Lorenz Schwachhöfer

We show that C*-algebras generated by irreducible representations of finitely generated nilpotent groups satisfy the universal coefficient theorem of Rosenberg and Schochet. This result combines with previous work to show that these…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Caleb Eckhardt , Elizabeth Gillaspy

In the classical operator theory, there are several versions of spectra, related to special classes of operators (Fredholm, semi-Fredholm, upper/lower semi-Fredholm,etc.). We generalize these notions for adjointable operators on Hilbert…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-09 Stefan Ivkovic

Let X be a product system over a quasi-lattice ordered group. Under mild hypotheses, we associate to X a C*-algebra which is co-universal for injective Nica covariant Toeplitz representations of X which preserve the gauge coaction. Under…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2012-03-09 Toke Meier Carlsen , Nadia S. Larsen , Aidan Sims , Sean Vittadello

We extend applications of Furstenberg boundary theory to the study of $C^*$-algebras associated to minimal actions $\Gamma\!\curvearrowright\! X$ of discrete groups $\Gamma$ on locally compact spaces $X$. We introduce boundary maps on…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2022-03-03 Mehrdad Kalantar , Eduardo Scarparo

We introduce the concept of Roe C*-algebra for a locally compact groupoid whose unit space is in general not compact, and that is equipped with an appropriate coarse structure and Haar system. Using Connes' tangent groupoid method, we…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2016-05-26 Xiang Tang , Rufus Willett , Yi-Jun Yao

Let $R$ be a rational function. The iterations $(R^n)_n$ of $R$ gives a complex dynamical system on the Riemann sphere. We associate a $C^*$-algebra and study a relation between the $C^*$-algebra and the original complex dynamical system.…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2012-09-06 Tsuyoshi Kajiwara , Yasuo Watatani

We consider commutative C* -algebras of Toeplitz operators in the weighted Bergman space on the unit ball in $\mathbb{C}^{\mathbf{n}}$. For the algebras of elliptic type we find a new representation, namely as the algebra of operators which…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-22 Grigori Rozenblum , Nikolai Vasilevski

The radius of comparison is an invariant for unital C*-algebras which extends the theory of covering dimension to noncommutative spaces. We extend its definition to general C*-algebras, and give an algebraic (as opposed to…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2010-08-25 Bruce Blackadar , Leonel Robert , Aaron P. Tikuisis , Andrew S. Toms , Wilhelm Winter

Motivated by Exel's inverse semigroup approach to combinatorial C*-algebras, in a previous work the authors defined an inverse semigroup associated with a labelled space. We construct a representation of the C*-algebra of a labelled space,…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2019-09-11 Giuliano Boava , Gilles G. de Castro , Fernando de L. Mortari

The aim of this paper is to present the construction of a general family of C*-algebras which includes, as a special case, the "quantum spacetime algebra" introduced by Doplicher, Fredenhagen and Roberts. It is based on an extension of the…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2015-07-06 Michael Forger , Daniel V. Paulino

The standard C*-algebraic version of the algebra of canonical commutation relations, the Weyl algebra, frequently causes difficulties in applications since it neither admits the formulation of physically interesting dynamical laws nor does…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2008-04-03 Detlev Buchholz , Hendrik Grundling