diff --git a/src/op/c-star/cont.tex b/src/op/c-star/cont.tex index a9375a6..7b05e70 100644 --- a/src/op/c-star/cont.tex +++ b/src/op/c-star/cont.tex @@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ \] is continuous. + \item Let $B$ be a unital $C^*$-algebra and $\Phi: A \to B$ be a unital *-homomorphism, then for any $x \in A$ and $f \in C(\sigma_A(x); \complex)$, $\Phi(f(x)) = f(\Phi(x))$. \end{enumerate} - \end{definition} \begin{proof} (1), (4), (5): By the \hyperref[Spectral Theorem]{theorem:spectral-c-star}, $\Omega(A[x])$ and $\sigma_A(x)$ may be identified. For each $f \in C(\sigma_A(x); \complex)$, define $f(x) = \Gamma^{-1}_{A[x]}(f)$, then the mapping $f \mapsto f(x)$ is a unital *-isomorphism by the \hyperref[Gelfand-Naimark Theorem]{theorem:gelfand-naimark}. @@ -116,6 +116,30 @@ \end{enumerate} \end{corollary} - +\begin{corollary} +\label{corollary:sum-of-unitaries} + Let $A$ be a unital $C^*$-algebra, then + \begin{enumerate} + \item For any $x \in A_{sa}$, there exists a unitary element $u \in A$ such that $x = (u + u^*)/(2\norm{x}_A)$. + \item For any $x \in A$, there exists unitary elements $u, v \in A$ such that $x = (u + u^*)/(\norm{x}_A) + i(v + v^*)/(2\norm{x}_A)$. + \end{enumerate} +\end{corollary} +\begin{proof} + (1): Assume without loss of generality that $\norm{x}_A \le 1$. In which case, $\sigma(x) \subset [-1, 1]$, and $f(\lambda) = \lambda + i\sqrt{1 - \lambda^2}$ is defined and continuous on $[-1, 1]$. Furthermore, $|f(\lambda)| = 1$ for all $\lambda \in [-1, 1]$. Thus \autoref{corollary:normal-spectrum-identity} implies that $f(x)$ is unitary. Finally, since $f + \ol f = 2\text{Id}$, $x = (f(x) + \ol{f(x)})/(2\norm{x}_A)$. +\end{proof} + +\begin{corollary} +\label{corollary:star-homomorphism-continuous} + Let $A, B$ be unital $C^*$-algebras and $\Phi: A \to B$ be an injective unital *-homomorphism, then for each $x \in A$, + \begin{enumerate} + \item $\sigma_B(\Phi(x)) = \sigma_A(x)$. + \item $\norm{\Phi(x)}_B = \norm{x}_A$. + \end{enumerate} +\end{corollary} +\begin{proof}[Proof, {{\cite[II.10.7]{Zhu}}}. ] + (1): Since $\Phi(G(A)) \subset G(B)$, $\sigma_B(\Phi(x)) \subset \sigma_A(x)$. If $\sigma_B(\Phi(x)) \subsetneq \sigma_A(x)$, then \hyperref[Urysohn's Lemma]{lemma:urysohn} implies that there exists $C(\sigma_A(x); \complex)$ such that $f|_{\sigma_B(\Phi(x))} = 0$ but $f \ne 0$. In which case, by (7) of the \hyperref[continuous functional calculus]{definition:continuous-functional-calculus}, $\Phi(f(x)) = f(\Phi(x)) = 0$, which contradicts the fact that $\Phi$ is injective. + + (2): By \autoref{corollary:c-star-unique-norm}, $\Phi$ is isometric. +\end{proof} diff --git a/src/op/c-star/order.tex b/src/op/c-star/order.tex index 5c95954..fc50f4d 100644 --- a/src/op/c-star/order.tex +++ b/src/op/c-star/order.tex @@ -56,4 +56,10 @@ \end{proof} +\begin{definition}[Absolute Value] +\label{definition:absolute-value-c-star} + Let $A$ be a $C^*$-algebra and $x \in A$, then $|x| = \sqrt{x^*x}$ is the \textbf{absolute value} of $x$. If $x$ is self-adjoint, then $|x| = +\end{definition} + +