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A Strict Version of the Non-commutative Urysohn Lemma

Author(s): Gert K. Pedersen
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 125 (1997), 2657-2660.
MSC (1991): Primary 46L05
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Abstract: Given a pair $B$, $C$ of $q$-commuting, hereditary $C^{*}$-subalgebras of a unital $C^{*}$-algebra $A$, such that $B\cap C$ is $\sigma $-unital and $1\in B + C$, there is an element $h$ in $A$, with $0\le h\le 1$, such that $h$ is strictly positive in $B$ and $1 - h$ is strictly positive in in $C$. Moreover, $h - h^{2}$ is strictly positive in in $B\cap C$.


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Additional Information:

Gert K. Pedersen
Affiliation: Mathematics Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Email: gkped@math.ku.dk

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-97-03861-6
PII: S 0002-9939(97)03861-6
Keywords: Strictly positive element, hereditary $C*$-subalgebra, $Q$-commuting algebras, approximative units
Received by editor(s): November 13, 1995
Received by editor(s) in revised form: March 21, 1996
Communicated by: Palle E. T. Jorgensen
Copyright of article: Copyright 1997, American Mathematical Society


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