Commit 2024-08-01 03:42 a8a6183c
View on Github →feat(CstarAlgebra): define Hilbert C⋆-modules (#15244)
This PR defines Hilbert C⋆-modules. A Hilbert C⋆-module is a complex module E
together with a right A
-module structure, where A
is a C⋆-algebra, and with an "inner product" that takes values in A
. This inner product satisfies the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, and induces a norm that makes E
a normed vector space.
This is a stepping stone towards proving that matrices with entries in a C⋆-algebra are a C⋆-algebra, which is in turn needed to define completely positive maps.