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The structure of Peirce inner ideals in a JBW*-triple

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2004

C. MARTIN EDWARDS
Affiliation:
The Queen's College, Oxford. e-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

The annihilator $J^{\perp}$ of a weak*-closed inner ideal $J$ in the JBW*-triple $A$ consists of elements $b$ of $A$ for which $\{J\,b\,A\}$ is equal to zero, and the kernel $\mathrm{Ker}(J)$ of $J$ consists of those elements $b$ in $A$ for which $\{J\,b\,J\}$ is equal to zero. The annihilator $J^{\perp}$ is also a weak*-closed inner ideal in $A$, and $A$ enjoys the Peirce decomposition \begin{eqnarray*} A &=& J \oplus_M J^{\perp} \oplus J_1\\ &=& J_2 \oplus_M J_0 \oplus J_1, \end{eqnarray*} where $J_1$ is the intersection of the kernels of $J$ and $J^{\perp}$. When all of the usual Peirce arithmetical relations hold, $J$ is said to be a Peirce inner ideal. A pair $(J,K)$ of weak*-closed inner ideals is said to be compatible when \[A = \bigoplus_{j,k = 0}^2 J_j \cap K_k.\] By analysing the biannihilator $J^{\perp\perp}$ of a Peirce inner ideal $J$ it is shown that, if $J$ is a Peirce inner ideal, then $J^{\perp}$ is a Peirce inner ideal. Furthermore, if $K$ is a weak*-closed inner ideal in $A$ such that $(J,K)$ is a compatible pair, then $(J^{\perp},K)$ is a compatible pair.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2004 Cambridge Philosophical Society

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