On C*-Extreme Maps and *-Homomorphisms of a Commutative C*-Algebra

Details On C*-Extreme Maps and *-Homomorphisms of a Commutative C*-Algebra On C*-Extreme Maps and *-Homomorphisms of a Commutative C*-Algebra

2009-02-09

arxiv.org/abs/0902.1453v2

Mathematics

Operator Algebras

minor change to proof of Theorem 5, 12 pages, To appear in Integral Equations and Operator Theory

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The generalized state space of a commutative C*-algebra, denoted S_H(C(X)), is the set of positive unital maps from C(X) to the algebra B(H) of bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space H. C*-convexity is one of several non-commutative analogs of convexity which have been discussed in this context. In this paper we show that a C*-extreme point of S_H(C(X)) satisfies a certain spectral condition on the operators in the range of the associated positive operator-valued measure. This result enables us to show that C*-extreme maps from C(X) into K^+, the algebra generated by the compact and scalar operators, are multiplicative. This generalizes a result of D. Farenick and P. Morenz. We then determine the structure of these maps.

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