Norming algebras and automatic complete boundedness of isomorphisms of operator algebras
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Abstract:
We combine the notion of norming algebra introduced by Pop, Sinclair and Smith with a result of Pisier to show that if $\mathcal {A}_1$ and $\mathcal {A}_2$ are operator algebras, then any bounded epimorphism of $\mathcal {A}_1$ onto $\mathcal {A}_2$ is completely bounded provided that $\mathcal {A}_2$ contains a norming $C^*$-subalgebra. We use this result to give some insights into Kadison’s Similarity Problem: we show that every faithful bounded homomorphism of a $C^*$-algebra on a Hilbert space has completely bounded inverse, and show that a bounded representation of a $C^*$-algebra is similar to a $*$-representation precisely when the image operator algebra $\lambda$-norms itself. We give two applications to isometric isomorphisms of certain operator algebras. The first is an extension of a result of Davidson and Power on isometric isomorphisms of CSL algebras. Secondly, we show that an isometric isomorphism between subalgebras $\mathcal {A}_i$ of $C^*$-diagonals $(\mathcal {C}_i, \mathcal {D}_i)$ ($i=1,2$) satisfying $\mathcal {D}_i\subseteq \mathcal {A}_i\subseteq \mathcal {C}_i$ extends uniquely to a $*$-isomorphism of the $\mathcal {C}^*$-algebras generated by $\mathcal {A}_1$ and $\mathcal {A}_2$; this generalizes results of Muhly-Qiu-Solel and Donsig-Pitts.References
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Additional Information
- David R. Pitts
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0130
- MR Author ID: 261088
- ORCID: 0000-0002-0228-5121
- Email: dpitts2@math.unl.edu
- Received by editor(s): September 18, 2006
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: March 29, 2007
- Published electronically: December 3, 2007
- Communicated by: Joseph A. Ball
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The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication. - Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), 1757-1768
- MSC (2000): Primary 47L30, 46L07, 47L55
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-07-09172-1
- MathSciNet review: 2373606