Self-adjoint traces on the Pedersen ideal of C*-algebras

In order to circumvent a fundamental issue when studying densely defined traces on C∗-algebras - which we refer to as the Trace Question - we initiate a systematic study of the set TR(A) of self-adjoint traces on the Pedersen ideal of A. The set TR(A) is a topological vector space with a vector latt...

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Autores: Gabe, James|||0000-0002-2503-6988, Miller, Alistair|||0000-0002-7895-6323
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:324085
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/324085
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/PUBLMAT7012610
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Trace space
Non-unital c∗-algebra
Pedersen ideal
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Sumario:In order to circumvent a fundamental issue when studying densely defined traces on C∗-algebras - which we refer to as the Trace Question - we initiate a systematic study of the set TR(A) of self-adjoint traces on the Pedersen ideal of A. The set TR(A) is a topological vector space with a vector lattice structure, which in the unital setting reflects the Choquet simplex structure of the tracial states. We establish a form of Kadison duality for TR(A) and compute TR(A) for principal twisted 'etale groupoid C∗-algebras. We also answer the Trace Question positively for a large class of C∗-algebras.