Projective Tensor Products of C*-Algebras

Ajay Kumar, Vandana Rajpal

Department of Mathematics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

DOI: 10.4236/apm.2014.45023                

Abstract

For C*-algebras A and B, the constant involved in the canonical embedding of into is shown to be . We also consider the corresponding operator space version of this embedding. Ideal structure of is obtained in case A or B has only finitely many closed ideals.

Keywords

Banach Space Projective Tensor Norm, Operator Space Projective Tensor Norm

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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