English

Morita equivalence for operator systems

Operator Algebras 2026-02-27 v4

Abstract

We define Δ\Delta-equivalence for operator systems and show that it is identical to stable isomorphism. We define Δ\Delta-contexts and bihomomorphism contexts and show that two operator systems are Δ\Delta-equivalent if and only if they can be placed in a Δ\Delta-context, equivalently, in a bihomomorphism context. We show that nuclearity for a variety of tensor products is an invariant for Δ\Delta-equivalence and that function systems are Δ\Delta-equivalent precisely when they are order isomorphic. We prove that Δ\Delta-equivalent operator systems have equivalent categories of representations. As an application, we characterise Δ\Delta-equivalence of graph operator systems in combinatorial terms. We examine a notion of Morita embedding for operator systems, showing that mutually Δ\Delta-embeddable operator systems have orthogonally complemented Δ\Delta-equivalent corners when represented in the double dual of their C*-envelopes.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2109.12031,
  title  = {Morita equivalence for operator systems},
  author = {George K. Eleftherakis and Evgenios T. A. Kakariadis and Ivan G. Todorov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.12031},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

40 pages. Corrected typos and changes in Sections 3 and 7

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