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Geometry of the sphere of a Hilbert module
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 1999
Abstract
The sphere SX = {x∈X: 〈x, x〉 = 1} of a right Hilbert C*-module X over a unital C*-algebra B is studied using differential geometric techniques. An action of the unitary group of the algebra [Lscr ]B(X) of adjointable B-module operators of X makes SX a homogeneous space of this group. A reductive structure is introduced, as well as a Finsler metric. Metric properties of the geodesic curves are established. In the case B a von Neumann algebra and X self-dual, the fundamental group of SX is computed.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 127 , Issue 2 , September 1999 , pp. 295 - 315
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- The Cambridge Philosophical Society 1999
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