Advances in Operator Theory (AOT) is a peer-reviewed quarterly electronic journal published by the Tusi Mathematical Research Group (TMRG). AOT publishes survey articles and original research papers of high standards with deep results, new ideas, profound impact, and significant implications in all areas of operator theory and all modern related topics (e.g., functional analysis).

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The Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás modulus for functionals on classical Banach spacesVolume 4, Number 1 (2019)
$\ell_1$-summability and Lebesgue points of $d$-dimensional Fourier transformsVolume 4, Number 1 (2019)
Quantum groups, from a functional analysis perspectiveVolume 4, Number 1 (2019)
Norm estimates for resolvents of linear operators in a Banach space and spectral variationsVolume 4, Number 1 (2019)
Banach partial $*$-algebras: an overviewVolume 4, Number 1 (2019)
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### Best Paper Award 2018

#### Homomorphic conditional expectations as noncommutative retractions

Volume 2, Number 4 (2017)

##### Abstract

Let $A$ be a $C^*$-algebra and $\mathcal{E}: A \to A$ a conditional expectation. The Kadison-Schwarz inequality for completely positive maps, $$\mathcal{E}(x)^* \mathcal{E}(x) \leq \mathcal{E}(x^* x),$$ implies that $$\Vert \mathcal{E}(x)\Vert ^2 \leq \Vert \mathcal{E}(x^* x)\Vert.$$ In this note we show that $\mathcal{E}$ is homomorphic (in the sense that $\mathcal{E}(xy) = \mathcal{E}(x)\mathcal{E}(y)$ for every $x, y$ in $A$) if and only if $$\Vert \mathcal{E}(x)\Vert^2 = \Vert \mathcal{E}(x^*x)\Vert,$$ for every $x$ in $A$. We also prove that a homomorphic conditional expectation on a commutative $C^*$-algebra $C_0(X)$ is given by composition with a continuous retraction of $X$. One may therefore consider homomorphic conditional expectations as noncommutative retractions.