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On the algebra of a free monoid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

M. J. Crabb ,
C. M. McGregor ,
W. D. Munn  and
S. Wassermann
M. J. Crabb
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QW, Scotland, U.K.
C. M. McGregor
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QW, Scotland, U.K.
W. D. Munn
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QW, Scotland, U.K.
S. Wassermann
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QW, Scotland, U.K.
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Abstract

Let denote a subring of the complex field that contains 1 and is closed under complex conjugation. It is shown that, with respect to the involution induced by word-reversal, the algebra over of a free monoid admits a trace and a separating family of star matrix representations. From the existence of a trace it is deduced that the aforementioned involution is special, in the sense of Easdown and Munn. Similar results hold for the algebra over of a free monoid with involution.

Type
Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 126 , Issue 5 , 1996 , pp. 939 - 945
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1996

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