On the structure group of an infinite dimensional JB-algebra

Abstract

We extend several results for the structure group of a real Jordan algebra $V$, to the setting of infinite dimensional JB-algebras. We prove that the structure group $Str(V)$, the cone preserving group $G(\Omega )$ and the automorphism group $Aut(V)$ of the algebra $V$ are embedded Banach-Lie groups of $GL(V)$, and that each of the inclusions $Aut(V)\subset G(\Omega )\subset Str(V)$ are of embedded Banach-Lie subgroups. We give a full description of the components of $Str(V)$ via cones, isotopes and central projections. We apply these results to $V=B(H{)}_{sa}$ the special JB-algebra of self-adjoint operators on an infinite dimensional complex Hilbert space, describing the groups $Str(V),G(\Omega ),Aut(V)$, their Banach-Lie algebras and their connected components. We show that the action of the unitary group of $H$ on $Aut(V)$ has smooth local cross sections, thus $Aut(V)$ is a smooth principal bundle over the unitary group, with circle structure group.

34 pages. Typos fixed and minor corrections to this version v2; in particular Thm 2.33