Commutator ideals and semicommutator ideals of Toeplitz algebras associated with flows

Muhly, Paul S.; Xia, Jingbo

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1992-1110551-8

Commutator ideals and semicommutator ideals of Toeplitz algebras associated with flows
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Abstract:

We prove that for a Toeplitz ${C^ * }$-algebra associated with a flow that has no fixed points, the commutator ideal and the semicommutator ideal coincide.

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