8 research outputs found
On a counterexample to a conjecture by Blackadar
Blackadar conjectured that if we have a split short-exact sequence 0 -> I ->
A -> A/I -> 0 where I is semiprojective and A/I is isomorphic to the complex
numbers, then A must be semiprojective. Eilers and Katsura have found a
counterexample to this conjecture. Presumably Blackadar asked that the
extension be split to make it more likely that semiprojectivity of I would
imply semiprojectivity of A. But oddly enough, in all the counterexamples of
Eilers and Katsura the quotient map from A to A/I is split. We will show how to
modify their examples to find a non-semiprojective C*-algebra B with a
semiprojective ideal J such that B/J is the complex numbers and the quotient
map does not split.Comment: 6 page
Non-Linear Sigma Model on the Fuzzy Supersphere
In this note we develop fuzzy versions of the supersymmetric non-linear sigma
model on the supersphere S^(2,2). In hep-th/0212133 Bott projectors have been
used to obtain the fuzzy CP^1 model. Our approach utilizes the use of
supersymmetric extensions of these projectors. Here we obtain these (super)
-projectors and quantize them in a fashion similar to the one given in
hep-th/0212133. We discuss the interpretation of the resulting model as a
finite dimensional matrix model.Comment: 11 pages, LaTeX, corrected typo
Local Index Formula on the Equatorial Podles Sphere
We discuss spectral properties of the equatorial Podles sphere. As a
preparation we also study the `degenerate' (i.e. ) case (related to the
quantum disk). We consider two different spectral triples: one related to the
Fock representation of the Toeplitz algebra and the isopectral one. After the
identification of the smooth pre--algebra we compute the dimension
spectrum and residues. We check the nontriviality of the (noncommutative) Chern
character of the associated Fredholm modules by computing the pairing with the
fundamental projector of the -algebra (the nontrivial generator of the
-group) as well as the pairing with the -analogue of the Bott
projector. Finally, we show that the local index formula is trivially
satisfied.Comment: 18 pages, no figures; minor correction
Further results on the cross norm criterion for separability
In the present paper the cross norm criterion for separability of density
matrices is studied. In the first part of the paper we determine the value of
the greatest cross norm for Werner states, for isotropic states and for Bell
diagonal states. In the second part we show that the greatest cross norm
criterion induces a novel computable separability criterion for bipartite
systems. This new criterion is a necessary but in general not a sufficient
criterion for separability. It is shown, however, that for all pure states, for
Bell diagonal states, for Werner states in dimension d=2 and for isotropic
states in arbitrary dimensions the new criterion is necessary and sufficient.
Moreover, it is shown that for Werner states in higher dimensions (d greater
than 2), the new criterion is only necessary.Comment: REVTeX, 19 page
Projection decomposition in multiplier algebras
In this paper we present new structural information about the multiplier
algebra Mult (A) of a sigma-unital purely infinite simple C*-algebra A, by
characterizing the positive elements a in Mult(A) that are strict sums of
projections belonging to A. If a is not in A and is not a projection, then the
necessary and sufficient condition for a to be a strict sum of projections
belonging to A is that the norm ||a||>1 and that the essential norm ||a||_ess
>=1.
Based on a generalization of the Perera-Rordam weak divisibility of separable
simple C*-algebras of real rank zero to all sigma-unital simple C*-algebras of
real rank zero, we show that every positive element of A with norm greater than
1 can be approximated by finite sums of projections. Based on block
tri-diagonal approximations, we decompose any positive element a in Mult(A)
with ||a||>1 and ||a||_ess >=1 into a strictly converging sum of positive
elements in A with norm greater than 1.Comment: To appear in Mathematische Annale
Frobenius structures over Hilbert C*-modules
We study the monoidal dagger category of Hilbert C*-modules over a
commutative C*-algebra from the perspective of categorical quantum mechanics.
The dual objects are the finitely presented projective Hilbert C*-modules.
Special dagger Frobenius structures correspond to bundles of uniformly
finite-dimensional C*-algebras. A monoid is dagger Frobenius over the base if
and only if it is dagger Frobenius over its centre and the centre is dagger
Frobenius over the base. We characterise the commutative dagger Frobenius
structures as finite coverings, and give nontrivial examples of both
commutative and central dagger Frobenius structures. Subobjects of the tensor
unit correspond to clopen subsets of the Gelfand spectrum of the C*-algebra,
and we discuss dagger kernels.Comment: 35 page