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Don Hadwin

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arXiv2014

A note on linear approximately orthogonality preserving mappings

In this paper, linear $\varepsilon$-orthogonality preserving mappings are studied. We define $\hat{\varepsilon}\left(T\right) $ as the smallest $\varepsilon$ for which $T$ is $\varepsilon$-orthogonality preserving, and then derive an exact formula for $\hat{\varepsilon}\left( T\right) $ in terms of $\left \Vert T\right \Vert $ and the minimum modulus $m\left( T\right) $ of $T$. We see that $\varepsilon$-orthogonality preserving mappings (for some $\varepsilon<1$) are exactly the operators that are bounded from below. We improve an upper bounded in the stability equation given in [7, Theorem 2.3], which was thought to be sharp.

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arXiv2014

Lebesgue and Hardy Spaces for Symmetric Norms II: A Vector-Valued Beurling Theorem

Suppose $α$ is a rotationally symmetric norm on $L^{\infty}\left(\mathbb{T}\right) $ and $β$ is a "nice" norm on $L^{\infty}\left(Ω,μ\right) $ where $μ$ is a $σ$-finite measure on $Ω$. We prove a version of Beurling's invariant subspace theorem for the space $L^β\left(μ,H^α\right) .$ Our proof uses the recent version of Beurling's theorem on $H^α\left(\mathbb{T}\right) $ proved by the first author and measurable cross-section techniques. Our result significantly extends a result of H. Rezaei, S. Talebzadeh, and D. Y. Shin.

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arXiv2014

Lifting Normal Elements in Nonseparable Calkin Algebras

We use the remarkable distance estimate of Ilya Kachkovskiy and Yuri Safarov, to show that if $H$ is a nonseparable Hilbert space and $K$ is any closed ideal in $B(H)$ that is not the ideal of compact operators, then any normal element of $B(H)/K$ can be lifted to a normal element of $B(H)$.

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arXiv2012

A Modified Similarity Degree for C*-algebras

We define variants of Pisier's similarity degree for unital C*-algebras and use direct integral theory to obtain new results. We prove that if every II$_{1}$ factor representation of a separable C*-algebra $\mathcal{A}$ has property $Γ$, then the similarity degree of $\mathcal{A}$ is at most 11.

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arXiv2012

The Similarity Degree of Some C*-algebras

We define the class of weakly approximately divisible unital C*-algebras and show that this class is closed under direct sums, direct limits, any tensor product with any C*-algebra, and quotients. A nuclear C*-algebra is weakly approximately divisible if and only if it has no finite-dimensional representations. We also show that Pisier's similarity degree of a weakly approximately divisible C*-algebra is at most 5.

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arXiv2012

Approximate Double Commutants and Distance Formulas

We extend work of the first author concering relative double commutants and approximate double commutants of unital subalgebras of unital C*-algebras, including metric versions involving distance estimates. We prove metric results for AH subalgebras of von Neumann algebras or AF subalgebras of primitive C*-algebras. We prove other general results, including some for nonselfadjoint commutative subalgebras, using C*-algebraic versions of the Stone-Weierstrass and Bishop-Stone-Weierstrass theorems.

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arXiv2011

R-Orbit Reflexive Operators

We completely characterize orbit reflexivity and R-orbit reflexivity for square matrices over the real numbers. Unlike the complex case in which every matrix is orbit reflexive and C-orbit reflexivity is characterized solely in terms of the Jordan form, the orbit reflexivity and R-orbit reflexivity of a real matrix is described in terms of the linear dependence over Q of certain elements of R/Q. We also show that every n-by-n matrix over an uncountable field F is algebraically F-orbit reflexive.

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arXiv2011

The carpenter and Schur--Horn problems for masas in finite factors

Two classical theorems in matrix theory, due to Schur and Horn, relate the eigenvalues of a self-adjoint matrix to the diagonal entries. These have recently been given a formulation in the setting of operator algebras as the Schur-Horn problem, where matrix algebras and diagonals are replaced respectively by finite factors and maximal abelian self-adjoint subalgebras (masas). There is a special case of the problem, called the carpenter problem, which can be stated as follows: for a masa A in a finite factor M with conditional expectation E_A, can each x in A with 0 <= x <= 1 be expressed as E_A(p) for a projection p in M? In this paper, we investigate these problems for various masas. We give positive solutions for the generator and radial masas in free group factors, and we also solve affirmatively a weaker form of the Schur-Horm problem for the Cartan masa in the hyperfinite factor.

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arXiv2011

Approximate double commutants in von Neumann algebras

Richard Kadison showed that not every commutative von Neumann subalgebra of a factor von Neumann algebra is equal to its relative double commutant. We prove that every commutative C*-subalgebra of a centrally prime C*-algebra $B$ equals its relative approximate double commutant. If $B$ is a von Neumann algebra, there is a related distance formula.

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arXiv2011

Free Products of Generalized RFD C*-algebras

If $k$ is an infinite cardinal, we say a C*-algebra $\mathcal{A}$ is residually less than $k$ dimensional, $R_{<k}D,$ if the family of representations of $\mathcal{A}$ on Hilbert spaces of dimension less than $k$ separates the points of $\mathcal{A}.$ We give characterizations of this property, and we show that if $\{\mathcal{A}_{i}:i\in I\} $ is a family of $R_{<k}D$ algebras, then the free product $\underset{i\in I}{\ast}\mathcal{A}_{i}$ is $R_{<k}D$. If each $\mathcal{A}_{i}$ is unital, we give sufficient conditions, depending on the cardinal $k$, for the free product $\underset{i\in I}{\ast_{\mathbb{C}}}\mathcal{A}_{i}$ in the category of unital C*-algebras to be $R_{<k}D$. We also give a new characterization of RFD, in terms of a lifting property, for separable C*-algebras.

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arXiv2011

Null-orbit reflexive operators

We introduce and study the notion of null-orbit reflexivity, which is a slight perturbation of the notion of orbit-reflexivity. Positive results for orbit reflexivity and the recent notion of $\mathbb{C}$-orbit reflexivity both extend to null-orbit reflexivity. Of the two known examples of operators that are not orbit-reflexive, one is null-orbit reflexive and the other is not. The class of null-orbit reflexive operators includes the classes of hyponormal, algebraic, compact, strictly block-upper (lower) triangular operators, and operators whose spectral radius is not 1. We also prove that every polynomially bounded operator on a Hilbert space is both orbit-reflexive and null-orbit reflexive.

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arXiv2010

C-orbit reflexive operators

We introduce the notion of C-orbit reflexivity and study its properties. An operator on a finite-dimensional space is C-orbit reflexive if and only if the two largest blocks in its Jordan form corresponding to nonzero eigenvalues with the largest modulus differ in size by at most one. Most of the proofs of our results in infinite dimensions are obtained from purely algebraic results we obtain from linear-algebraic analogs of C-orbit reflexivity.

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arXiv2010

Stable and Norm-stable Invariant Subspaces

We prove that if T is an operator on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space whose spectrum and essential spectrum are both connected and whose Fredholm index is only 0 or 1, then the only nontrivial norm-stable invariant subspaces of T are the finite-dimensional ones. We also characterize norm-stable invariant subspaces of any weighted unilateral shift operator. We show that quasianalytic shift operators are points of norm continuity of the lattice of the invariant subspaces. We also provide a necessary condition for strongly stable invariant subspaces for certain operators.

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arXiv2008

Reduced free products of unital AH algebras and Blackadar and Kirchberg's MF algebras

In the paper, we prove that reduced free products of unital AH algebras with respect to given faithful tracial states, in the sense of Voiculescu, are Blackadar and Kirhcberg's MF algebras. We also show that the reduced free products of unital AH algebras with respect to given faithful tracial states, under mild conditions, are not quasidiagonal. Therefore we conclude, for a large class of AH algebras, the Brown-Douglas-Fillmore extension semigroups of the reduced free products of these AH algebras with respect to given faithful tracial states are not groups. Our result is based on Haagerup and Thorbjørsen's work on the reduced C$^*$-algebras of free groups.

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arXiv2008

Topological Free Entropy Dimensions in Nuclear C$^*$-algebras and in Full Free Products of C$^*$-algebras

In the paper, we introduce a new concept of topological orbit dimension of $n$-tuples of elements in a unital C$^*$ algebra. Using this concept, we conclude that the Voiculescu's topological free entropy dimension of any family of self-adjoint generators of a nuclear C$^*$ algebra is less than or equal to 1. We also show that the topological free entropy dimension is additive in the full free products of unital C$^*$ algebras. In the appendix, we show that unital full free product of Blackadar and Kirchberg's unital MF algebras is also MF algebra.

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