Noncommutative Kernels

dc.contributor.authorMarx, Gregoryen
dc.contributor.committeechairBall, Joseph A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRossi, John F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFloyd, William J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberElgart, Alexanderen
dc.contributor.departmentMathematicsen
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-18T08:00:37Zen
dc.date.available2017-07-18T08:00:37Zen
dc.date.issued2017-07-17en
dc.description.abstractPositive kernels and their associated reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces have played a key role in the development of complex analysis and Hilbert-space operator theory, and they have recently been extended to the setting of free noncommutative function theory. In this paper, we develop the subject further in a number of directions. We give a characterization of completely positive noncommutative kernels in the setting of Hilbert C*-modules and Hilbert W*-modules. We prove an Arveson-type extension theorem for completely positive noncommutative kernels, and we show that a uniformly bounded noncommutative kernel can be decomposed into a linear combination of completely positive noncommutative kernels.en
dc.description.abstractgeneralOver the last several decades, positive kernels and their associated reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces have played a key role in the development of complex analysis and Hilbert-space operator theory. Recently, they have been extended to the setting of free noncommutative function theory which is an active area of research with motivation from several different sources including free probability and noncommutative real semialgebraic geometry. In this paper, we develop further the theory of positive kernels in the noncommutative setting.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:12415en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/78353en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectNoncommutative kernelsen
dc.subjectnoncommutative functionsen
dc.subjectuniformly bounded kernelsen
dc.subjectcompletely positive kernelsen
dc.subjectcompletely positive mapsen
dc.subjectcompletely bounded mapsen
dc.subjectHilbert C*-modulesen
dc.subjectHilbert W*-modulesen
dc.titleNoncommutative Kernelsen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineMathematicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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