Facts about star-ordered rings that depend on the continuous functional calculus #
This file contains various basic facts about star-ordered rings (i.e. mainly C⋆-algebras) that depend on the continuous functional calculus.
We also put an order instance on A⁺¹ := Unitization ℂ A when A is a C⋆-algebra via
the spectral order.
Main theorems #
IsSelfAdjoint.le_algebraMap_norm_selfandIsSelfAdjoint.le_algebraMap_norm_self, which respectively show thata ≤ algebraMap ℝ A ‖a‖and-(algebraMap ℝ A ‖a‖) ≤ ain a C⋆-algebra.mul_star_le_algebraMap_norm_sqandstar_mul_le_algebraMap_norm_sq, which give similar statements fora * star aandstar a * a.CStarAlgebra.norm_le_norm_of_nonneg_of_le: in a non-unital C⋆-algebra, if0 ≤ a ≤ b, then‖a‖ ≤ ‖b‖.CStarAlgebra.conjugate_le_norm_smul: in a non-unital C⋆-algebra, we have thatstar a * b * a ≤ ‖b‖ • (star a * a)(and a primed version for thea * b * star acase).CStarAlgebra.inv_le_inv_iff: in a unital C⋆-algebra,b⁻¹ ≤ a⁻¹iffa ≤ b.
Tags #
continuous functional calculus, normal, selfadjoint
Equations
cfc_le_iff only applies to a scalar ring where R is an actual Ring, and not a Semiring.
However, this theorem still holds for ℝ≥0 as long as the algebra A itself is an ℝ-algebra.
In a unital ℝ-algebra A with a continuous functional calculus, an element a : A is larger
than some algebraMap ℝ A r if and only if every element of the ℝ-spectrum is nonnegative.
In a unital C⋆-algebra, if a is nonnegative and invertible, and a ≤ b, then b is
invertible.
In a unital C⋆-algebra, if 0 ≤ a ≤ b and a and b are units, then b⁻¹ ≤ a⁻¹.
In a unital C⋆-algebra, if 0 ≤ a and 0 ≤ b and a and b are units, then a⁻¹ ≤ b⁻¹
if and only if b ≤ a.
The set of nonnegative elements in a C⋆-algebra is closed.