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Author(s): David P. Blecher; Louis E. Labuschagne
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 355 (2003), 1621-1646.
MSC (2000): Primary 46L07, 46J10, 46L52, 47L30; Secondary 46E25, 47B33
Posted: December 4, 2002
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Abstract: We generalize some facts about function algebras to operator algebras, using the ``noncommutative Shilov boundary'' or ``

-envelope'' first considered by Arveson. In the first part we study and characterize complete isometries between operator algebras. In the second part we introduce and study a notion of logmodularity for operator algebras. We also give a result on conditional expectations. Many miscellaneous applications are provided.

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David P. Blecher
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-3008
Email: dblecher@math.uh.edu

Louis E. Labuschagne
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Astronomy, P.O. Box 392, 0003 UNISA, South Africa
Email: labusle@unisa.ac.za

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-02-03195-1
PII: S 0002-9947(02)03195-1
Received by editor(s): May 15, 2002
Received by editor(s) in revised form: September 4, 2002
Posted: December 4, 2002
Additional Notes: This research was supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation and the University of South Africa.
Copyright of article: Copyright 2002, American Mathematical Society

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