Conditional Expectations for Unbounded Operator Algebras

Abstract

Two conditional expectations in unbounded operator algebras (O∗-algebras) are discussed. One is a vector conditional expectation defined by a linear map of an O∗-algebra into the Hilbert space on which the O∗-algebra acts. This has the usual properties of conditional expectations. This was defined by Gudder and Hudson. Another is an unbounded conditional expectation which is a positive linear map ℰ of an O∗-algebra ℳ onto a given O∗-subalgebra 𝒩 of ℳ. Here the domain D(ℰ) of ℰ does not equal to ℳ in general, and so such a conditional expectation is called unbounded.