Classification of Direct Limits of Even Cuntz-Circle Algebras

Classification of Direct Limits of Even Cuntz-Circle Algebras PDF

Author: Huaxin Lin

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 0821804030

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We prove a classification theorem for purely infinite C∗-algebras that is strong enough to show that the tensor products of two different irrational rotation algebras with the same even Cuntz algebra are isomorphic.

Classification of Simple $C$*-algebras: Inductive Limits of Matrix Algebras over Trees

Classification of Simple $C$*-algebras: Inductive Limits of Matrix Algebras over Trees PDF

Author: Liangqing Li

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 0821805967

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In this paper, it is shown that the simple unital C*-algebras arising as inductive limits of sequences of finite direct sums of matrix algebras over [italic capital]C([italic capital]X[subscript italic]i), where [italic capital]X[subscript italic]i are arbitrary variable trees, are classified by K-theoretical and tracial data. This result generalizes the result of George Elliott of the case of [italic capital]X[subscript italic]i = [0, 1]. The added generality is useful in the classification of more general inductive limit C*-algebras.

Operator Algebras and Their Applications

Operator Algebras and Their Applications PDF

Author: Peter A. Fillmore

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published:

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9780821871218

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The study of operator algebras, which grew out of von Neumann's work in the 1920s and the 1930s on modelling quantum mechanics, has in recent years experienced tremendous growth and vitality. This growth has resulted in significant applications in other areas - both within and outside mathematics. The field was a natural candidate for a 1994-1995 program year in Operator Algebras and Applications held at The Fields Institute for Research in the Mathematical Sciences. This volume contains a selection of papers that arose from the seminars and workshops of the program. Topics covered include the classification of amenable C*-algebras, the Baum-Connes conjecture, E[subscript 0] semigroups, subfactors, E-theory, quasicrystals, and the solution to a long-standing problem in operator theory: Can almost commuting self-adjoint matrices be approximated by commuting self-adjoint matrices?

Operator Algebras and Their Applications II

Operator Algebras and Their Applications II PDF

Author: Peter A. Fillmore and James A. Mingo

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 1998-07-28

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780821871287

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The study of operator algebras, which grew out of von Neumann's work in the 1920s and 30s on modelling quantum mechanics, has in recent years experienced tremendous growth and vitality, with significant applications in other areas both within mathematics and in other fields. For this reason, and because of the existence of a strong Canadian school in the subject, the topic was a natural candidate for an emphasis year at The Fields Institute. This volume is the second selection of papers that arose from the seminars and workshops of a year-long program, Operator Algebras and Applications, that took place at The Fields Institute. Topics covered include the classification of amenable C*-algebras, lifting theorems for completely positive maps, and automorphisms of von Neumann algebras of type III.

The Classification of Countable Homogeneous Directed Graphs and Countable Homogeneous $n$-tournaments

The Classification of Countable Homogeneous Directed Graphs and Countable Homogeneous $n$-tournaments PDF

Author: Gregory L. Cherlin

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780821808368

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In this book, Ramsey theoretic methods introduced by Lachlan are applied to classify the countable homogeneous directed graphs. This is an uncountable collection, and this book presents the first explicit classification result covering an uncountable family. The author's aim is to demonstrate the potential of Lachlan's method for systematic use.

Tilting in Abelian Categories and Quasitilted Algebras

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Author: Dieter Happel

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 0821804448

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We generalize tilting with respect to a tilting module of projective dimension at most one for an Artin algebra to tilting with respect to a torsion pair in an Abelian category. Our construction is motivated by the connection between tilting and derived categories. We develop a general theory for such tilting, and are led to a generalization of tilting algebras which we call quasitilted algebras. This class also contains the canonical algebras, and we show that the quasitilted algebras are characterized by having global dimension at most two and each indecomposable module having projective dimension at most one or injective dimension at most one. We also give other characterizations of quasitilted algebras, and give methods for constructing such algebras.

Decision Problems for Equational Theories of Relation Algebras

Decision Problems for Equational Theories of Relation Algebras PDF

Author: H. Andréka

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 0821805959

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"We prove that any variety of relation algebras which contains an algebra with infinitely many elements below the identity, or which contains the full group relation algebra on some infinite group (or on arbitrarily large finite groups), must have an undecidable equational theory. Then we construct an embedding of the lattice of all subsets of the natural numbers into the lattice of varieties of relation algebras such that the variety correlated with a set [italic capital]X of natural numbers has a decidable equational theory if and only if [italic capital]X is a decidable (i.e., recursive) set. Finally, we construct an example of an infinite, finitely generated, simple, representable relation algebra that has a decidable equational theory.'' -- Abstract.

Extended Affine Lie Algebras and Their Root Systems

Extended Affine Lie Algebras and Their Root Systems PDF

Author: Bruce Normansell Allison

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 0821805940

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This work is about extended affine Lie algebras (EALA's) and their root systems. EALA's were introduced by Høegh-Krohn and Torresani under the name irreducible quasi-simple Lie algebras. The major objective is to develop enough theory to provide a firm foundation for further study of EALA's. The first chapter of the paper is devoted to establishing some basic structure theory. It includes a proof of the fact that, as conjectured by Kac, the invariant symmetric bilinear form on an EALA can be scaled so that its restriction to the real span of the root system is positive semi-definite. The second chapter studies extended affine root systems (EARS) which are an axiomatized version of the root systems arising from EALA's. The concept of a semilattice is used to give a complete description of EARS. In the final chapter, a number of new examples of extended affine Lie algebras are given. The concluding appendix contains an axiomatic characterization of the nonisotropic roots in an EARS in a more general context than the one used in the rest of the paper.

Two Classes of Riemannian Manifolds Whose Geodesic Flows Are Integrable

Two Classes of Riemannian Manifolds Whose Geodesic Flows Are Integrable PDF

Author: Kazuyoshi Kiyohara

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 0821806408

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Two classes of manifolds whose geodesic flows are integrable are defined, and their global structures are investigated. They are called Liouville manifolds and Kahler-Liouville manifolds respectively. In each case, the author finds several invariants with which they are partly classified. The classification indicates, in particular, that these classes contain many new examples of manifolds with integrable geodesic flow.

Operators of Class $C_0$ with Spectra in Multiply Connected Regions

Operators of Class $C_0$ with Spectra in Multiply Connected Regions PDF

Author: Adele Zucchi

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 0821806262

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In the present paper the author studies the analogue of the class [italic capital]C0 within a class of operators having a functional calculus based on the algebra of bounded holomorphic functions in a finitely connected domain with an analytic boundary. The latter class consists of the operators having the closure of the domain as a spectral set and having no normal direct summands with spectra contained in the boundary of the domain. (If the domain is the disk the preceding class reduces to the class of completely nonunitary contractions.) The basic properties known for the case of the disk, including the model theory, are established. The extension, even the mere construction of the functional calculus, is not routine, in part because it is unknown whether the analogue of Sz.-Nagy's dilation theorem is true in the author's multiply connected setting.