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C*-submodule preserving module mappings on Hilbert C*-modules

Operator Algebras 2026-04-09 v4 Functional Analysis

Abstract

Let AA be a (non-unital, in general) C*-algebra with center Z(M(A))Z(M(A)) of its multiplier algebra, and let {X,.,.}\{ X, \langle .,. \rangle \} be a full Hilbert AA-module. Then any bijective bounded module morphism TT, for which every norm-closed AA-submodule of XX is invariant, is of the form T=didXT=d \cdot {\rm id}_X where dZ(M(A))d \in Z(M(A)) is invertible. As an example of a merely injective bounded module operator with that preserver property serves T=didXT =d \cdot {\rm id}_X where dZ(M(A))|d| \in Z(M(A)) has a positive spectrum, but not bounded away from zero. The same assertions are true if the restriction on the C*-submodules to be norm-closed is dropped. From a different point of view, for two given strongly Morita equivalent C*-algebras AA and BB and a Hilbert BB-AA bimodule {X,.,.}\{ X, \langle .,. \rangle \} with faithful compact right action of BB, for any two two-sided norm-closed ideals IAI \in A, JBJ \in B, any full compatible norm-closed Hilbert JJ-II subbimodule of XX is invariant for any left bounded BB-module operator and any right bounded AA-module operator. So these subsets of submodules of XX cannot rule out any bounded module operator as a non-preserver of that subset collection, however any single element of this subset collection is preserved by any bounded module operator on XX. For any BB-AA imprimitivity bimodule both the C*-valued inner product values are always preserved by bijective bounded module operators TT on XX iff T=uidXT= u \cdot {\rm id}_X for a unitary element uZ(M(A))u\in Z(M(A)).

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@article{arxiv.2507.11206,
  title  = {C*-submodule preserving module mappings on Hilbert C*-modules},
  author = {Michael Frank},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.11206},
  year   = {2026}
}

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8 pages, final version

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