Is there an algebraic way to construct the coproduct, as for example some form of topological tensor

sviraju6d

sviraju6d

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2022-06-21

Is there an algebraic way to construct the coproduct, as for example some form of topological tensor product or similar?
Let A be a commutative unital C*-Algebra and let X = S p e c ( A ) be the corresponding compact Hausdorff space of characters. By Gelfand-Naimark duality we know that
X × X = S p e c ( A A )
or in other words
A A = C ( X × X ) .

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Samantha Reid

Samantha Reid

Beginner2022-06-22Added 22 answers

The maximal tensor product satisfies the following universal property:Let A , B , and C be C -algebras. If ϕ : A C and ψ : B C are -homomorphisms whose images commute, then there's a unique -homomorphism ϕ ψ : A m a x B C such that ( ϕ ψ ) ( a b ) = ϕ ( a ) ψ ( b ).
If we take A m a x B with inclusions i A ( a ) = a 1 and i B ( b ) = 1 b, then the universal property above guarantees that we have found our coproduct in C∗-alg c o m 1 . Note that the "max" in the previous sentence wasn't necessary, since A and B are nuclear anyway. So you could just as easily take the spatial tensor product, if you like that construction better.

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