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Semicrossed Products and Reflexivity

Operator Algebras 2014-04-08 v1

Abstract

Given a w*-closed unital algebra AA acting on H0H_0 and a contractive w*-continuous endomorphism β\beta of AA, there is a w*-closed (non-selfadjoint) unital algebra Z+×ˉβA\mathbb{Z}_+\bar{\times}_\beta A acting on H02(Z+)H_0\otimes\ell^2({\mathbb{Z}_+}), called the w*-semicrossed product of AA with β\beta. We prove that the w*-semicrossed product is a reflexive operator algebra provided AA is reflexive and β\beta is unitarily implemented, and that it has the bicommutant property if and only if so does AA. Also, we show that the w*-semicrossed product generated by a commutative C*-algebra and a *-endomorphism is reflexive.

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@article{arxiv.0907.5314,
  title  = {Semicrossed Products and Reflexivity},
  author = {Evgenios T. A. Kakariadis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.5314},
  year   = {2014}
}
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