Wandering vectors and the reflexivity of free semigroup algebras

作者:Kennedy Matthew*
来源:Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik, 2011, 653: 47-73.
DOI:10.1515/CRELLE.2011.019

摘要

A free semigroup algebra S is the weak-operator-closed (non-self-adjoint) operator algebra generated by n isometries with pairwise orthogonal ranges. A unit vector x is said to be wandering for S if the set of images of x under words in the generators of S is orthonormal.
We establish the following dichotomy: either a free semigroup algebra has a wandering vector, or it is a von Neumann algebra. Consequences include that every free semigroup algebra is reflexive, and that certain free semigroup algebras are hyper-reflexive with a very small hyper-reflexivity constant.

  • 出版日期2011-4