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Commutative W*-algebras as a Markov Category

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Abstract

We show that the opposite of the category of commutative W*-algebras, with positive unital maps as morphisms, (CW*AlgPU) is a Markov category. We do this by showing that the comonad of which CW*AlgPU is the coKleisli category is commutative, where the chosen tensor product is the coproduct (of CW*Alg, since CW*AlgPU doesn’t have one). It follows, by the duality between commutative W*-algebras and measure spaces, that the corresponding monad on the category of compact complete strictly localizable measure spaces is commutative.
On the way, we give a universal property in CW*AlgPU for the colimits of CW*Alg in terms of “true continuity” of positive-operator-valued measures. This is essential to describe the positive unital maps out of a CW∗Alg coproduct. We can then explicitly calculate the coproduct L^∞([0, 1]) + L^∞([0, 1]) as L^∞([0, 1])^{2^ℵ_0).
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 31 Jul 2023
Event6th International Conference on Applied Category Theory 2023 - University of Maryland in College Park, College Park, United States
Duration: 31 Jul 20234 Aug 2023
https://act2023.github.io/

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Applied Category Theory 2023
Abbreviated titleACT 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCollege Park
Period31/07/234/08/23
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