De tels bimodules interviennent dans la théorie cohomologique des algèbres d’opérateurs. Ils sont souvent appelés A − B bimodules d’opérateurs. Ici nous les appellerons plutôt A − B bimodules L matriciellement normés. Etant donné un A−B bimodule normé V , il est naturel de chercher des critères assurant l’existence d’une structure de A−B bimodule L matriciellemnt normé sur V compatible avec la ...

We apply Hilbert module methods to show that normal completely positive maps admit weak tensor dilations. Appealing to a duality between weak tensor dilations and extensions of CP-maps, we get an existence proof for certain extensions. We point out that this duality is part of a far reaching duality between a von Neumann bimodule and its commutant in which also other dualities, known and new, f...

In this note, we consider transitive permutation groups of degree 2p, where p is an odd prime, that admit blocks of imprimitivity of size 2 but no blocks of imprimitivity of size p. Primitive permutation groups of degree twice a prime were first considered by Wielandt [6], while more recently, imprimitive permutation groups of degree twice a prime were studied by Lefèvre [2], Marušič [3], and M...

This paper is concerned with the best proximity pair problem in Hilbert spaces. Given two subsets $A$ and $B$ of a Hilbert space $H$ and the set-valued maps $F:A o 2^ B$ and $G:A_0 o 2^{A_0}$, where $A_0={xin A: |x-y|=d(A,B)~~~mbox{for some}~~~ yin B}$, best proximity pair theorems provide sufficient conditions that ensure the existence of an $x_0in A$ such that $$d(G(x_0),F(x_0))=d(A,B).$$

The notion of a formally smooth bimodule is introduced and its basic properties are analyzed. In particular it is proven that a B-A bimodule M which is a generator left B-module is formally smooth if and only if the M-Hochschild dimension of B is at most one. It is also shown that modules M which are generators in the category σ[M ] of M-subgenerated modules provide natural examples of formally...

The notion of monotonic independence, introduced by N. Muraki, is considered in a more general frame, similar to the construction of operatorvalued free probability. The paper presents constructions for maps with similar properties to the H and K transforms from the literature, semi inner-product bimodule analogues for the monotone and weakly monotone product of Hilbert spaces, an ad-hoc versio...

Let X be a Hilbert bimodule over a C∗-algebra A and OX = A⋊X Z. Using a finite section method we construct a sequence of completely positive contractions factoring through matrix algebras over A which act on sξs ∗ η as Schur multipliers converging to the identity. This shows immediately that for a finitely generated X the algebra OX inherits any standard approximation property such as nuclearit...

We study the injective envelope I(X) of an operator space X, showing amongst other things that it is a self-dual C∗module. We describe the diagonal corners of the injective envelope of the canonical operator system associated with X. We prove that if X is an operator A-B-bimodule, then A and B can be represented completely contractively as subalgebras of these corners. Thus, the operator algebr...

Suppose S is an affine, noetherian scheme, X is a separated, noetherian S-scheme, E is a coherent OX -bimodule and I ⊂ T (E) is a graded ideal. We study the geometry of the functor Γn of flat families of truncated B = T (E)/I-point modules of length n + 1. We then use the results of our study to show that the point modules over B are parameterized by the closed points of P X2(E). When X = P , w...

The cohomology of operator algebras introduced by B. E. Johnson, R. V. Kadison, and J. R. Ringrose in a series of three papers is a useful tool for obtaining new invariants for operator algebras or to prove stability results by the vanishing of their cohomology groups (see [14]). If X is a von Neumann algebra and a Banach bimodule over M, and if « is a positive integer, then the nth cohomology ...