On the Structure of Projections and Ideals of Corona Algebras

Zhang, Shuang

Canadian journal of mathematics, Tome 41 (1989) no. 4, pp. 721-742

Résumé

If K is the set of all compact bounded operators and L(H) is the set of all bounded operators on a separable Hilbert space H, then L(H) is the multiplier algebra of K. In general we denote the multiplier algebra of a C*-algebra A by M(A). For more information about M(A), readers are referred to the articles [1], [3],[7], [9], [14], [18],[20], [23], [26], [27], among others. It is well known that in the Calkin algebra L(H)/K every nonzero projection is infinite. If we assume that A is a-unital (nonunital) and regard the corona algebra M(A)/A as a generalized case of the Calkin algebra, is every nonzero projection in M(A)/A still infinite? Another basic question can be raised: How does the (closed) ideal structure of A relate to the (closed) ideal structure of M(A)/A? In the first part of this note (Sections 1 and 2) we shall give an affirmative answer for the first question if A is a simple a-unital (nonunital) C*-algebra with FS.

Détail

DOI : 10.4153/CJM-1989-033-4

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