C∗-algebras without idempotents

Idempotents in Group Algebras

In this survey we collect and present the classical and some recent methods to compute the primitive (central) idempotents in semisimple group algebras. MSC 2010. 20C05, 20C15, 16S34, 16U60.

Central Idempotents in Group Algebras

Threads without Idempotents

If a thread S has no idempotents and if S2 = S, then S is iseomorphic with the real interval (0, 1) under ordinary multiplication [2, Corollary 5.6]. Although the result is not nearly as pleasing as the special case just quoted, we shall give here a description of any thread without idempotents. Recall from [l] that a thread is a connected topological semigroup in which the topology is that ind...

Primitive Central Idempotents of Nilpotent Group Algebras

We exhibit the primitive central idempotents of a semisimple group algebra of a finite nilpotent group over an arbitrary field (without using group characters), examining the abelian case separately. Our result extends and improves the main result in [1].

Homomorphisms and Idempotents of Group Algebras

where (x, g) denotes % evaluated at g. Each % thus yields a homomorphism of M(G) onto the complex numbers. Every such homomorphism of L(G) is obtained in this way. Let be a homomorphism of L{G) into M(H). After composing with <[>, every homomorphism of M(H) onto the complex numbers either is identically zero, or can be identified with a member of G. We thus have a map <£* from Ê into {G, 0 ...