diff --git a/src/op/banach/definitions.tex b/src/op/banach/definitions.tex index 6fc40e4..4c79c40 100644 --- a/src/op/banach/definitions.tex +++ b/src/op/banach/definitions.tex @@ -29,9 +29,16 @@ \begin{definition}[Unital Homomorphism] \label{definition:banach-algebra-unital-homomorphism} - Let $A, B$ be unital Banach algebras and $\phi: A \to B$ be a homomorphism, then $\phi$ is a \textbf{unital homomorphism} if $\phi(1) = 1$. + Let $A, B$ be unital Banach algebras and $\phi: A \to B$ be a homomorphism, then $\phi$ is a \textbf{unital homomorphism} if $\phi(1_A) = 1_B$. \end{definition} +\begin{definition}[Representation] +\label{definition:banach-algebra-representation} + Let $A$ be a Banach algebra, then a \textbf{representation} of $A$ is a pair $(E, \pi)$ where $E$ is a Banach space, and $\pi: A \to L(E; E)$ is a continuous homomorphism. +\end{definition} + + + \begin{definition}[Unitisation] \label{definition:unitisation} Let $A$ be a Banach algebra over $\complex$, and $\tilde A = \complex \oplus A$ with diff --git a/src/op/c-star/homomorphism.tex b/src/op/c-star/homomorphism.tex index f35d588..0e3b315 100644 --- a/src/op/c-star/homomorphism.tex +++ b/src/op/c-star/homomorphism.tex @@ -54,4 +54,24 @@ The above setup implies that for every $y \in \ol{\Phi(A)} \cap B_{sa}$, there exists $z \in A_{sa}$ such that $\norm{y - \Phi(z)}_{B} \le \norm{y}_B/2$, and $\norm{z}_A \le 2\norm{y}_B$. By the \hyperref[method of successive approximations]{theorem:successive-approximation}, $\phi(A_{sa}) = \ol{\Phi(A)} \cap B_{sa}$. Therefore $\Phi(A) = \ol{\Phi(A)}$. \end{proof} +\begin{definition}[Representation of $C^*$-Algebra] +\label{definition:representation-cstar-algebra} + Let $A$ be a $C^*$-algebra, then a \textbf{representation} of $A$ is a pair $(H, \pi)$, where $H$ is a Hilbert space, and $\pi: A \to B(H)$ is a *-homomorphism. +\end{definition} + +\begin{definition}[Unitary Equivalence] +\label{definition:representation-unitary-equivalent} + Let $A$ be a $C^*$-algebra and $(H_1, \pi_1), (H_2, \pi_2)$ be representations of $A$, then $(H_1, \pi_1)$ and $(H_2, \pi_2)$ are \textbf{unitarily equivalent} if there exists an isometry $U \in L(H_1; H_2)$ such that the following diagram commutes + \[ + \xymatrix{ + H_1 \ar@{->}[r]^{U} \ar@{->}[d]_{\pi_1(x)} & H_2 \ar@{->}[d]^{\pi_2(x)} \\ + H_1 & H_2 \ar@{->}[l]^{U^*} + } + \] + + for all $x \in A$. +\end{definition} + + +