## Annals of Functional Analysis

### Scaled-free objects II

Will Grilliette

#### Abstract

This work creates two categories of "array-weighted sets" for the purposes of constructing universal matrix-normed spaces and algebras. These universal objects have the analogous universal property to the free vector space, lifting maps completely bounded on a generation set to a completely bounded linear map of the matrix-normed space. Moreover, the universal matrix-normed algebra is used to prove the existence of a free product for matrix-normed algebras using algebraic methods.

#### Article information

Source
Ann. Funct. Anal., Volume 6, Number 3 (2015), 216-261.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 17 April 2015

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.afa/1429286044

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.15352/afa/06-3-18

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3336917

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1341.46042

#### Citation

Grilliette, Will. Scaled-free objects II. Ann. Funct. Anal. 6 (2015), no. 3, 216--261. doi:10.15352/afa/06-3-18. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.afa/1429286044

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