Abstract
In purely infinite factors, P. de la Harpe proved that a normal subgroup of the unitary group which contains a non-trivial self-adjoint unitary contains all self-adjoint unitaries of the factor. Also he proved the same result in finite continuous factors. In a previous work the author proved a similar result in some types of unital AF-algebras. In this paper we extend the result of de la Harpe, concerning the purely infinite factors to a main example of purely infinite C*-algebras called the Cuntz algebras Script O signn(2 ≤ n ≤ ∞) and we prove that U(Script O signn) is normally generated by some non-trivial involution. In particular, in the Cuntz algebra Script O sign∞ we prove that U(Script O sign∞) is normally generated by self-adjoint unitary of odd type.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-7 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Acta Mathematica Universitatis Comenianae |
Volume | 77 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - Jul 1 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cuntz algebras
- Involutions
- K-Theory
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mathematics(all)