C*-algebra

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:algebra
gptkb:mathematical_concept
Mathematical Structure
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs W*-algebra
gptkbp:alternativeName Banach_algebra
Fredholm_module
Operator_Algebra
operator_algebra
vertex_operator_algebra
von_Neumann_algebra
gptkbp:appearsIn gptkb:cyclic_cohomology
gptkb:Baum–Connes_conjecture
index theory
gptkbp:application gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkb:Quantum_Mechanics
ergodic theory
mathematical physics
noncommutative geometry
quantum mechanics
representation theory
algebraic combinatorics
modular invariance
representation of finite groups
gptkbp:closed adjoint operation
strong operator topology
weak operator topology
gptkbp:contains identity operator
gptkbp:containsElement identity element (sometimes)
gptkbp:definedIn Banach algebra with involution satisfying the C*-identity
gptkbp:defines gptkb:Hilbert_space
compact operator
an associative algebra A over the real or complex numbers that is also a Banach space, such that the norm satisfies ||xy|| ≤ ||x||·||y|| for all x, y in A
bounded operator
representation of C*-algebra
A *-subalgebra of bounded operators on a Hilbert space that is closed in the weak operator topology and contains the identity operator.
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkb:Francis_J._Murray
gptkbp:example gptkb:lattice_vertex_operator_algebra
gptkb:moonshine_module
gptkb:L^1_group_algebra
algebra of bounded operators on a Hilbert space
algebra of continuous functions on a compact space
affine Lie algebra VOA
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkb:C*-algebra
functional analysis
operator algebras
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy gptkb:Mathematics
gptkbp:generalizes gptkb:Fredholm_operator
gptkb:vertex_algebra
gptkb:C*-algebra
gptkb:commutative_C*-algebra
normed algebra
gptkbp:hasApplication gptkb:C*-algebras
harmonic analysis
operator theory
spectral theory
gptkbp:hasAxiom locality
associativity
Virasoro algebra action
grading by conformal weight
translation operator
vacuum vector
gptkbp:hasProperty self-adjoint
associative multiplication
can be finite or infinite
complete normed vector space
submultiplicative norm
can be non-abelian
closed under adjoint operation
norm-closed
unital
closed in weak operator topology
C*-identity: ||a*a|| = ||a||^2
subalgebra of bounded operators on Hilbert space
can be a factor
can be abelian
can be properly infinite
can be semifinite
can be type I, II, or III
can have a center
can have a trace
closed in strong operator topology
contains commutant
contains identity
contains projections
gptkbp:hasSubfield gptkb:AF-algebra
gptkb:CAR_algebra
gptkb:Cuntz_algebra
gptkb:UHF_algebra
gptkb:approximately_finite-dimensional_C*-algebra
gptkb:commutative_C*-algebra
gptkb:full_group_C*-algebra
gptkb:non-unital_C*-algebra
gptkb:nuclear_C*-algebra
gptkb:reduced_group_C*-algebra
gptkb:simple_C*-algebra
gptkb:type_III_C*-algebra
gptkb:type_II_C*-algebra
gptkb:type_I_C*-algebra
gptkb:unital_C*-algebra
gptkb:Toeplitz_algebra
functional analysis
commutative Banach algebra
non-commutative Banach algebra
Functional Analysis
C(X) for compact Hausdorff space X
complex C*-algebra
continuous function algebra
crossed product C*-algebra
factor C*-algebra
finite-dimensional C*-algebra
group C*-algebra
infinite-dimensional C*-algebra
matrix algebra over C*-algebra
non-self-adjoint C*-algebra
non-separable C*-algebra
noncommutative C*-algebra
prime C*-algebra
primitive C*-algebra
real C*-algebra
self-adjoint C*-algebra
separable C*-algebra
gptkbp:hasType gptkb:type_III_von_Neumann_algebra
gptkb:type_II_von_Neumann_algebra
gptkb:type_I_von_Neumann_algebra
gptkb:even_Fredholm_module
gptkb:odd_Fredholm_module
factor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label C*-algebra
gptkbp:includes gptkb:C*-algebra
gptkb:Von_Neumann_Algebra
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkb:Francis_J._Murray
gptkb:Alain_Connes
gptkb:Richard_Borcherds
gptkbp:introducedIn 1930s
1940s
1986
gptkbp:isA gptkb:Hilbert_space
algebra over a field
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkb:Stefan_Banach
C
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Fredholm_operator
gptkb:Hilbert_space
gptkb:center
gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkb:Gelfand–Naimark_theorem
gptkb:monstrous_moonshine_conjecture
gptkb:vertex_algebra
gptkb:C*-algebra
gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:Hilbert_Space
gptkb:Gelfand_representation
gptkb:modular_tensor_category
gptkb:K-homology
gptkb:Spectral_Theory
gptkb:Noncommutative_Geometry
modular forms
representation theory
spectral theory
factor
commutative Banach algebra
projection
trace
modular invariance
operator product expansion
commutant
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkb:Francis_J._Murray
gptkb:Arne_Meurman
gptkb:Igor_Frenkel
gptkb:James_Lepowsky
functional analysts
gptkbp:studies States
Projections
Representations
Algebras of Linear Operators
Automorphisms
Bounded Linear Operators
Commutators
Unbounded Operators
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:monstrous_moonshine
noncommutative geometry
moonshine theory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hilbert_space
gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4