We present an operator algebraic approach to Wigner’s unitary-antiunitary theorem using some classical results from ring theory. To show how effective this approach is, we prove a generalization of this celebrated theorem for Hilbert modules over matrix algebras. We also present a Wignertype result for maps on prime C-algebras. 1991 Mathematics subject classification (Amer. Math. Soc.): primary...

Let $mathcal{A}$ and $mathcal{B}$ be two $C^{*}$-algebras such that $mathcal{B}$ is prime. In this paper, we investigate the additivity of maps $Phi$ from $mathcal{A}$ onto $mathcal{B}$ that are bijective, unital and satisfy $Phi(AP+eta PA^{*})=Phi(A)Phi(P)+eta Phi(P)Phi(A)^{*},$ for all $Ainmathcal{A}$ and $Pin{P_{1},I_{mathcal{A}}-P_{1}}$ where $P_{1}$ is a nontrivial projection in $mathcal{A...

Various topics on affine rings are considered, such as the relationship between Gelfand-Kirillov dimension and Krull dimension, and when a "locally affine" algebra is affine. The dimension result is applied to study prime ideals in fixed rings of finite groups, and in identity components of group-graded rings. 0. Introduction. We study affine rings (i.e., rings finitely generated as algebras ov...

In characteristic zero the algebras Mn(E)⊗E andMn,n(E) appear in the list of non-trivial verbally-prime algebras. Verbally-prime algebras play a proeminent role in Kemer’s results about structure of the varieties of associative algebras in characteristic zero (see [8] for a detailed account of it). Recently, some new results have been obtained about the behavior of polynomial identities satisfi...

Assume that $A$‎, ‎$B$ are Banach algebras and that $m:Atimes Brightarrow B$‎, ‎$m^prime:Atimes Arightarrow B$ are bounded bilinear mappings‎. ‎We study the relationships between Arens regularity of $m$‎, ‎$m^prime$ and the Banach algebras $A$‎, ‎$B$‎. ‎For a Banach $A‎$‎-bimodule $B$‎, ‎we show that $B$ factors with respect to $A$ if and only if $B^{**}$ is unital as an $A^{**}‎$‎-module‎. ‎Le...

Let R <-* S be an embedding of associative noetherian rings such that 5 is finitely generated as a right Ä-module. There is a correspondence from the prime spectrum of S to the prime spectrum of R obtained by associating to a given prime ideal P of S the prime ideals of R minimal over P n R . The prime and primitive ideal theories for several specific noncommutative noetherian rings, including ...

We study topological von Neumann regularity and principal von Neumann regularity of Banach algebras. Our main objective is comparing these two types of Banach algebras and some other known Banach algebras with one another. In particular, we show that the class of topologically von Neumann regular Banach algebras contains all $C^*$-algebras, group algebras of compact abelian groups and ...