Quasi-standard c*-algebras and norms of inner derivations

Thesis



In the first half of the thesis a necessary and sufficient condition is given for a separable C*-algebra to be *-isomorphic to a maximal full algebra of cross-sections over a base-space such that the fibre algebras are primitive throughout a dense subset. The condition is that the relation of inseparability for pairs of points in the primitive ideal space should be an open equivalence relation.

In the second half of the thesis a characterisation is given of those C*- algebras A for which each self-adjoint inner derivation D(𝒂, A) satisfies

∥D(𝒂, A)∥ = 2 inf {∥𝒂 - z∥ : z ∈Z(A), the centre of A}.

This time the characterisation is that A should be quasicentral and the relation of inseparability for pairs of points in the primitive ideal space should be an equivalence relation. Those C*-algebras for which every inner derivation satisfies the equation are characterised in a similar way.

Authors: Somerset, D

• Publication date: 1989
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Subjects: Functional analysis; C*-algebras