Introduction to operator space theory

Author(s)

• Pisier, Gilles

Bibliographic Information

Introduction to operator space theory

Gilles Pisier

（London Mathematical Society lecture note series, 294）

Cambridge University Press, 2003

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The theory of operator spaces is very recent and can be described as a non-commutative Banach space theory. An 'operator space' is simply a Banach space with an embedding into the space B(H) of all bounded operators on a Hilbert space H. The first part of this book is an introduction with emphasis on examples that illustrate various aspects of the theory. The second part is devoted to applications to C*-algebras, with a systematic exposition of tensor products of C*-algebras. The third (and shorter) part of the book describes applications to non self-adjoint operator algebras, and similarity problems. In particular the author's counterexample to the 'Halmos problem' is presented, as well as work on the new concept of 'length' of an operator algebra. Graduate students and professional mathematicians interested in functional analysis, operator algebras and theoretical physics will find that this book has much to offer.

Table of Contents

• Part I. Introduction to Operator Spaces: 1. Completely bounded maps
• 2. Minimal tensor product
• 3. Minimal and maximal operator space structures on a Banach space
• 4. Projective tensor product
• 5. The Haagerup tensor product
• 6. Characterizations of operator algebras
• 7. The operator Hilbert space
• 8. Group C*-algebras
• 9. Examples and comments
• 10. Comparisons
• Part II. Operator Spaces and C*-tensor products: 11. C*-norms on tensor products
• 12. Nuclearity and approximation properties
• 13. C*
• 14. Kirchberg's theorem on decomposable maps
• 15. The weak expectation property
• 16. The local lifting property
• 17. Exactness
• 18. Local reflexivity
• 19. Grothendieck's theorem for operator spaces
• 20. Estimating the norms of sums of unitaries
• 21. Local theory of operator spaces
• 22. B(H) * B(H)
• 23. Completely isomorphic C*-algebras
• 24. Injective and projective operator spaces
• Part III. Operator Spaces and Non Self-Adjoint Operator Algebras: 25. Maximal tensor products and free products of non self-adjoint operator algebras
• 26. The Blechter-Paulsen factorization
• 27. Similarity problems
• 28. The Sz-nagy-halmos similarity problem
• Solutions to the exercises
• References.

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Details

• NCID: BA62968766
• ISBN:
  • 0521811651
• LCCN: 2002031358
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 478 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0005393X