Matricial Banach spaces

Abstract

This work performs a study of the category of complete matrix-normed spaces, called matricial Banach spaces. Many of the usual constructions of Banach spaces extend in a natural way to matricial Banach spaces, including products, direct sums, and completions. Also, while the minimal matrix-norm on a Banach space is well-known, this work characterizes the maximal matrix-norm on a Banach space from the work of Effros and Ruan as a dual operator space. Moreover, building from the work of Blecher, Ruan, and Sinclair, the Haagerup tensor product is merged with the direct sum to form a Haagerup tensor algebra, which shares the analogous universal property of the Banach tensor algebra from the work of Leptin.

arXiv comment19 pages. This paper has been withdrawn as it has been merged with arXiv:1405.7113