Chennai Mathematical Institute

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Public viva-voce Notification
Date: Friday, 12 January 2024
Time: 11:00 AM
Venue: Seminar Hall
On the structure of certain non-commutative $C^{\ast}$-algebras

Malay Mandal
Chennai Mathematical Institute.
12-01-24


Abstract

One of the most intriguing $C^{\ast}$-algebra is the non-commutative unitary algebra $U^{nc}_n$, which is defined as a universal $C^{\ast}$-algebra $A$ generated by $n^2$ elements that generate a unitary matrix in $M_n(A)$. In this thesis, we study three aspects of this $C^{\ast}$-algebra $U^{nc}_n$.

In the first part, we study several structural properties of this $C^{\ast}$-algebra. In particular, we show that it possesses the Lifting property and is primitive. Also, we discuss the $RFD$ property of this $C^{\ast}$-algebra.

In the second part, we study the compact quantum semigroup structure of this $C^{\ast}$-algebra $U^{nc}_n$ and the resulting compact semigroup structure of its state space, characterize all of its invertible elements.

In the third part, we study the $KK$-theory of this $C^{\ast}$-algebra. In particular, we discuss the $KK$-equivalnce of the $C^{\ast}$-algebras $U^{nc}_n$ and $U^{nc}_{n,red}$, the reduced $C^{\ast}$-algebra with respect to its natural state.

In the last part, we study the simplicity property of mixed $q$-Gaussian $C^{\ast}$-algebra and the mixed $q$-deformed Araki-Woods $C^{\ast}$-algebra. More precisely, we discuss the simplicity of the mixed $q$-deformed Araki-Woods $C^{\ast}$-algebra $\Gamma_{T}(\mathcal{H}_{\mathbb{R}}, U_t)$ for a bounded infinitesimal generator $A$ of the one-parameter group of orthogonal representation $(U_t)_{t\in\mathbb{R}}$ and $U_t=A^{it},\ t\in\mathbb{R}$.

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