Journal of Operator Theory

Volume 64, Issue 1, Summer 2010 pp. 171-188.

Extreme flatness of normed modules and Arveson-Wittstock type theorems

Authors: A.Ya Helemskii
Author institution: Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia

Summary: Let $L$ be a separable infinite-dimensional Hilbert space $\bb:=\bb(L)$. A contractive right $\bb$-module $X$ is called {\it semi-Ruan module}, if for every $u,v\in X$ and mutually orthogonal projections $P,Q\in\bb$ we have $\|u\cd P+v\cd Q\|\leqslant (\|u\cd P\|^2+\|v\cd Q\|^2)^{1/2}.$ For an arbitrary Hilbert space $H$ we consider the Hilbert tensor product $L\otimes H$ as a left $\bb$-module with the outer multiplication $ a\cd\zeta:=(a\otimes\id_H)\zeta; a\in\bb, \zeta\in L\otimes H. $ We prove that \textit{for every isometric morphism $\alpha : Y \to Z$ of right semi-Ruan modules the operator $\alpha\mmbd \id_{L\otimes H}$ is also isometric}. As corollaries, we obtain several theorems on extensions of morphisms with the preservation of their norms and a new proof of the Arveson--Wittstock Extension Theorem in operator theory.

Keywords: Ruan bimodule, semi-Ruan module, extreme flatness, extreme injectivity, Arveson-Wittstock Theorem.

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