Decomposition rank and absorbing extensions of type I algebras
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Decomposition rank and absorbing extensions of type I algebras
zbMATH Open document ID: 1081.46036
published in: Journal of Functional Analysis
publication date: 2005-04-21T00:00:00Z
review text: \textit{M. Pimsner, S. Popa} and \textit{D. Voiculescu} [J. Oper. Theory 1, 55--108 (1979; Zbl 0455.46060)] showed that a family of extensions satisfying the hypothesis of Voiculescu's absorption theorem at every point would, if the family satisfied a certain condition called homogeneity, be absorbing. The aim of the present paper is to generalize this result in several directions simultaneously by replacing the compact operators by a reasonably general class of type I \(C^*\)-algebras. Thus, the following absorption theorem for the case of finite decomposition rank is proved: Let \(A\) and \(B\) be separable \(C^*\)-algebras. Suppose that \(B\) is a type \(I\) \(C^*\)-algebra such that (i) \(B\) has only infinite-dimensional irreducible \(*\)-representations, and (ii) \(B\) has finite decomposition rank. If \(0\to B\to C\to A\to 0\) is a unital homogeneous exact sequence with Busby invariant \(\tau\), then the extension \(\tau\) is absorbing. Moreover, the authors give an example showing that the case of infinite decomposition rank is fundamentally different: a unital, homogeneous split exact sequence of the form \(0\to C(Z)\otimes{\mathcal K}\to C\to\mathbb{C}\to 0\) which is not absorbing is constructed, \(Z\) being an infinite-dimensional compact, second countable topological space.
reviewed by: Liliana Răileanu
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 46L05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 46M20
zbMATH DE Number: 2160153
zbMATH Keywords: absorbing extensions
zbMATH Keywords: C*-algebras
author: Dan Kucerovsky
author: P. W. Ng
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: j.jfa.2004.11.005
OpenAlex ID: W2072470431
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DOI: 10.1016/J.JFA.2004.11.005
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