Mathematics – Operator Algebras
Scientific paper
2007-08-16
Mathematics
Operator Algebras
This paper will appear in a volume of Contemporary Mathematics dedicated to the memory of George W. Mackey
Scientific paper
A result of Akemann, Anderson, and Pedersen states that if a sequence of pure states of a C*-algebra A approaches infinity in a certain sense, then there is a MASA B such that each of the states has the unique extension property with respect to B. We generalize this in two ways: We prove that B can be required to contain an approximate identity of A, and we show that the discrete space which underlies the result cited can be replaced with a totally disconnected space. We consider two special kinds of type I closed faces, both related to the above, atomic closed faces and closed faces with nearly closed extreme boundary. One specific question is whether an atomic closed face always has an "isolated point". We give a counterexample for this and also show that the answer is yes if the the atomic face has nearly closed extreme boundary. We prove a complement to Glimm's theorem on type I C*-algebras which arises from the theory of type I closed faces. One of our examples is a type I closed face which is isomorphic to a closed face of every non-type I separable C*-algebra and which is not isomorphic to a closed face of any type I C*-algebra.
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