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The Inner Corona Algebra of a C 0(X)-Algebra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2016

Robert J. Archbold
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, University of Aberdeen, King's College, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK (r.archbold@abdn.ac.uk; somerset@quidinish.fsnet.co.uk)
Douglas W. B. Somerset
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, University of Aberdeen, King's College, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK (r.archbold@abdn.ac.uk; somerset@quidinish.fsnet.co.uk)

Abstract

Let A = C(X) ⊗ K(H), where X is a compact Hausdorff space and K(H) is the algebra of compact operators on a separable infinite-dimensional Hilbert space. Let A s be the algebra of strong*-continuous functions from X to K(H). Then A s /A is the inner corona algebra of A. We show that if X has no isolated points, then A s /A is an essential ideal of the corona algebra of A, and Prim(A s /A), the primitive ideal space of A s /A, is not weakly Lindelof. If X is also first countable, then there is a natural injection from the power set of X to the lattice of closed ideals of A s /A. If X = β\ℕ and the continuum hypothesis (CH) is assumed, then the corona algebra of A is a proper subalgebra of the multiplier algebra of A s /A. Several of the results are obtained in the more general setting of C 0(X)-algebras.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 2017 

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