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Pith's one-line read Nuclear C*-algebras are Ulam stable when mapping approximately into von Neumann algebras.

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arxiv 2606.03757 v1 pith:BEXTK6YF submitted 2026-06-02 math.OA math.LO

Vadim Alekseev , Ilijas Farah , Andreas Thom This is my paper · ORCID
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keywords UlamstabilitynuclearC*-algebrasvonNeumannalgebrasElliottclassificationcoronaapproximate*-homomorphismsrigiditypermanenceproperties
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The paper proves that approximate star-homomorphisms from several classes of nuclear C-star algebras into von Neumann algebras stay close to genuine star-homomorphisms. It includes all abelian C-star algebras and many classes covered by the Elliott classification program. A reader would care because the results turn approximation questions into exact algebraic statements and produce rigidity and independence statements for corona algebras. The work also records permanence properties under standard operations and notes some counterexamples outside the stated classes.

What carries the argument

Ulam stability for approximate *-homomorphisms from nuclear C*-algebras into von Neumann algebras

What would settle it

An explicit nuclear C*-algebra, a von Neumann algebra target, and a sequence of approximate *-homomorphisms whose distance to every true *-homomorphism stays bounded away from zero would falsify the stability claim.

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Core claim

We prove stability results for several classes of nuclear C*-algebras with respect to von Neumann algebra targets, including abelian C*-algebras and large classes arising in the Elliott classification program. Approximate *-homomorphisms from these sources into von Neumann algebras are close to true *-homomorphisms. The paper discusses permanence properties, counterexamples, and related stability phenomena, and obtains rigidity and independence results for corona algebras as applications.

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The source algebras must be nuclear and the target algebras must be von Neumann algebras.

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  • Rigidity results hold for the corona algebras of the covered C*-algebras.
  • Independence results hold for the corona algebras of the covered C*-algebras.
  • The stability passes to certain constructions that preserve nuclearity.
  • Outside the listed classes, stability can fail even for nuclear sources and von Neumann targets.

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  • The same stability might be tested on concrete examples such as the Cuntz algebra or irrational rotation algebras to extract explicit distance bounds.
  • If the nuclearity assumption can be weakened while keeping von Neumann targets, the results could apply to a larger family of C*-algebras.
  • The corona-algebra rigidity statements may interact with existing classification theorems to produce new uniqueness results for extensions.
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Summary. The paper studies Ulam stability for approximate *-homomorphisms of C*-algebras. It proves stability results for several classes of nuclear C*-algebras with respect to von Neumann algebra targets, including abelian C*-algebras and large classes arising in the Elliott classification program. It also discusses permanence properties, counterexamples, and related stability phenomena. As applications, it obtains rigidity and independence results for corona algebras.

Significance. If the results hold, the work would provide new stability theorems in operator algebras for nuclear C*-algebras targeting von Neumann algebras, with potential implications for the Elliott classification program and corona algebra rigidity. The modeling choice of nuclear domains and von Neumann codomains is explicitly required for the stated stability.

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We thank the referee for their careful reading and summary of our manuscript on Ulam stability for classes of nuclear C*-algebras. The referee's description accurately reflects the scope of the results, including stability theorems for nuclear domains with von Neumann targets, permanence properties, counterexamples, and applications to corona algebra rigidity. No specific major comments were provided in the report, so we offer no point-by-point responses below. We remain available to address any concrete questions or concerns the referee may have.

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The abstract and available context contain no equations, derivations, or load-bearing steps that reduce to self-definitions, fitted inputs, or self-citations. Claims concern stability results for nuclear C*-algebras with von Neumann targets, but no specific mathematical reductions or ansatzes are exhibited that would allow identification of circularity by construction. The modeling choice of nuclear domains is flagged as required for the result, indicating the argument is presented as self-contained against external benchmarks rather than internally forced.

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We study Ulam stability for approximate *-homomorphisms of C*-algebras. We prove stability results for several classes of nuclear C*-algebras with respect to von Neumann algebra targets, including abelian C*-algebras and large classes arising in the Elliott classification program. We also discuss permanence properties, counterexamples, and related stability phenomena. As applications, we obtain rigidity and independence results for corona algebras.

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