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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 iii Paper 1 8 c Solution by
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A closed subspace invariant under a star-algebra is reducing, since it is invariant under every adjoint as well. Thus the orthogonal projections onto commute with . Consider the bounded intertwinerIts kernel is , so its initial polar space isIts closed range isFor the inclusion from left to right, lies in and is orthogonal to . Conversely, approximate any in the displayed by and apply . The images converge to and equal , proving the reverse inclusion after closure. The overline on the sum is present in the original PDF and is essential for potentially nonclosed sums.
Take the polar decomposition between these Hilbert spaces. Because intertwines the two actions of , its adjoint does also, so commutes with the action on . Its positive square root therefore commutes as well. The identity shows on its dense initial range that intertwines, and continuity extends this to . It is an isometry onto . ConsequentlyThe unitary here is a unitary between the indicated Hilbert space modules, not an assertion that the unclosed algebraic sum is a Hilbert space.
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