Let A be a unital Banach algebra. We give a characterization of the left Banach A-modules X for which there exists a commutative unital C-algebra C(K), a linear isometry i:X → C(K), and a contractive unital homomorphism θ:A → C(K) such that i(a· x) = θ(a)i(x) for any a ∈ A, x ∈ X . We then deduce a “commutative” version of the Christensen-Effros-Sinclair characterization of operator bimodules. ...

Let H be a full Hilbert bimodule over a C-algebra A. We show that the Cuntz–Pimsner algebra associated to H is exact if and only if A is exact. Using this result, we give alternative proofs for exactness of reduced amalgemated free products of exact C– algebras. In the case that A is a finite–dimensional C–algebra, we also show that the Brown–Voiculescu topological entropy of Bogljubov automorp...

in this paper, we introduce a notion of property (t) for a c∗-dynamical system (a, g, α) consisting of a unital c∗-algebra a,a locally compact group g, and an action α on a. as a result,we show that if a has strong property (t) and g has kazhdan’sproperty (t), then the triple (a, g, α) has property (t).

Given C-algebras A and B acting cyclically on Hilbert spaces H and K, respectively, we characterize completely isometric A, B-bimodule maps from B(K,H) into operator A, B-bimodules. We determine cogenerators in some classes of operator bimodules. For an injective cogenerator X in a suitable category of operator A, B-bimodules we show: if A, regarded as a Csubalgebra of Al(X) (adjointable left m...

For an operator bimodule X over von Neumann algebras A ⊆ B(H) and B ⊆ B(K), the space of all completely bounded A, B-bimodule maps from X into B(K,H), is the bimodule dual of X. Basic duality theory is developed with a particular attention to the Haagerup tensor product over von Neumann algebras. To X a normal operator bimodule Xn is associated so that completely bounded A, B-bimodule maps from...

In the present paper, we give a short proof of the nuclearity property of a class of CuntzPimsner algebras associated with a HilbertA-bimodule M, whereA is a separable and nuclear C*-algebra. We assume that the left A-action on the bimodule M is given in terms of compact module operators and that M is direct summand of the standard Hilbert module over A.

We construct classes of von Neumann algebra modules by considering “column sums” of noncommutative Lp spaces. Our abstract characterization is based on an Lp/2-valued inner product, thereby generalizing Hilbert C*-modules and representations on Hilbert space. While the (single) representation theory is similar to the L2 case, the concept of Lp bimodule (p 6= 2) turns out to be nearly trivial.

A continuous one-parameter group of unitary isometries of a right-Hilbert C*bimodule induces a quasi-free dynamics on the Cuntz-Pimsner C*-algebra of the bimodule and on its Toeplitz extension. The restriction of such a dynamics to the algebra of coefficients of the bimodule is trivial, and the corresponding KMS states of the Toeplitz-Cuntz-Pimsner and Cuntz-Pimsner C*-algebras are characterize...

Taking advantage of the quantale-theoretic description \'etale groupoids we study principal bundles, Hilsum-Skandalis maps, and Morita equivalence in terms modules on inverse quantal frames. The Hilbert module quantale sheaves leads naturally to a formulation bimodules that resemble imprimitivity C*-algebras.