Summary: Non-commutative probability I:
Operator algebras background
Michael Anshelevich
November 21, 2002
Let (A, ) be a non-commutative probability space.
A =-algebra with identity,
(a + b) = ¯a + ¯b; (ab) = ba.
= linear functional A C, a state, i.e. positive
aa 0,
unital
[1] = 1.
A is a C-algebra, has a norm · such that
ab a b , a = a ,
and
aa = a 2
.
= norm-continuous.
1
Example . Let be a compact set, then A = C(, C)
is a C-algebra with complex conjugation f = ¯f and

Source: Anshelevich, Michael - Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University

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