Open AccessNontrivially Noetherian $C^*$-algebras
Author(s) -
Taylor Hines,
Erik Walsberg
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
mathematica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1903-1807
pISSN - 0025-5521
DOI - 10.7146/math.scand.a-15219
Subject(s) - noetherian , mathematics , ideal (ethics) , pure mathematics , separable space , chain (unit) , algebra over a field , mathematical analysis , philosophy , physics , epistemology , astronomy
We say that a $C^*$-algebra is Noetherian if it satisfies the ascending chain condition for two-sided closed ideals. A nontrivially Noetherian $C^*$-algebra is one with infinitely many ideals. Here, we show that nontrivially Noetherian $C^*$-algebras exist, and that a separable $C^*$-algebra is Noetherian if and only if it contains countably many ideals and has no infinite strictly ascending chain of primitive ideals. Furthermore, we prove that every Noetherian $C^*$-algebra has a finite-dimensional center. Where possible, we extend results about the ideal structure of $C^*$-algebras to Artinian $C^*$-algebras (those satisfying the descending chain condition for closed ideals).