Singly generatedC *-algebras

• Date: 1999
• Main Authors: Rabanovych, V. I., Рабанович, В. И.
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian; English
• Published: Institute of Mathematics, NAS of Ukraine 1999
• Online Access: https://umj.imath.kiev.ua/index.php/umj/article/view/4707
• Journal Title: Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal

We consider a $C*$-algebra $A$ generated by $k$ self-adjoint elements. We prove that, for $n \geqslant \sqrt {k - 1}$ , the algebra $M_n (A)$ is singly generated, i.e., generated by one non-self-adjoint element. We present an example of algebraA for which the property that $M_n (A)$ is singly gener...