Theorem 34.11.4 (Gelfand-Naimark-Segal).label Let $A$ be a unital $C^{*}$-algebra, then:

  1. (1)

    For each $\phi \in S(A)$, there exists a triple $(H_{\phi}, \pi_{\phi}, \xi_{\phi})$ where $(H_{\phi}, \pi_{\phi})$ is a representation of $A$, $\xi_{\phi}$ is a cyclic unit vector of $(H_{\phi}, \pi_{\phi})$, and

    \[\dpn{x, y}{\phi}= \dpn{\pi_\phi(x)\xi_\phi, \pi_\phi(y)\xi_\phi}{H_\phi}\]

  2. (2)

    For each representation $(H, \pi)$ of $A$ with cyclic unit vector $\xi$, the mapping

    \[\phi: A \to \complex \quad x \mapsto \dpn{\pi(x)\xi, \xi}{H}\]

    is a state on $A$. Let $(H_{\phi}, \pi_{\phi}, \xi_{\phi})$ be the GNS triple associated with $\phi$, then there exists a unitary equivalence $U: H \to H_{\phi}$ such that $U\xi = \xi_{\phi}$.

  3. (3)

    For each $\mathcal{S}\subset S(A)$, the mapping

    \[\pi_{\mathcal{S}}: A \to B([l^{2}(\mathcal{S}); H_{\phi}]) \quad \pi_{\mathcal{S}}(x)(\eta)_{\phi} = \pi_{\phi}(x)(\eta_{\phi})\]

    is a representation of $A$, which is injective if for every $x \in A$, there exists $\phi \in \mathcal{S}$ with $\dpn{x^*x, \phi}{A}\ne 0$.

    In particular, $A$ is isomorphic to a closed subalgebra of $B([l^{2}(P(A)); H_{\phi}])$.

Proof. (1): By the GNS construction.

(2): For each $x \in A$, if $x$ is positive, then so is $\pi(x)$, so $\dpn{\pi(x)\xi, \xi}{H}\ge 0$. Since $\xi$ is a unit vector, $\dpn{\pi(1_A)\xi, \xi}{H}= \dpn{\xi, \xi}{H}= 1$, and $\phi$ is a state.

Let $H^{0} = \bracsn{\pi(x)\xi|x \in A}$ and $H_{\phi}^{0} = \bracsn{\pi_\phi(x)\xi_\phi|x \in A}$. Define

\[U: H^{0} \to H_{\phi}^{0} \quad \pi(x)\xi \mapsto \pi_{\phi}(x)\xi_{\phi}\]

then for each $x, y \in A$ with $\pi(x - y)\xi = 0$,

\begin{align*}0&= \dpn{\pi(x - y)\xi, \pi(x - y)\xi}{H}= \dpn{(x - y)^*(x - y), \phi}{A}\\&= \dpn{x - y, x- y}{\phi}= \dpn{\pi_\phi(x - y)\xi_\phi, \pi_\phi(x - y)\xi_\phi}{H_\phi}\end{align*}

and $\pi_{\phi}(x - y)\xi_{\phi} = 0$ as well. Thus $U$ is well-defined. Moreover, for each $x \in A$,

\[\dpn{\pi(x)\xi, \pi(x)\xi}{H}= \dpn{x^*x, \phi}{A}= \dpn{x^*x, 1_A}{\phi}= \dpn{\pi_\phi(x)\xi_\phi, \pi_\phi(x) \xi_\phi}{H_\phi}\]

so $U$ is an isometry. For each $x, y \in A$,

\begin{align*}U(\pi(x)[\pi(y)\xi])&= U(\pi(xy)\xi) = \pi_{\phi}(xy)\xi_{\phi} \\&= \pi_{\phi}(x)[\pi_{\phi}(y)\xi_{\phi}] = \pi_{\phi}(x)[U(\pi(y)\xi)]\end{align*}

so $U$ extends continuously to a unitary equivalence between $(H, \pi)$ and $(H_{\phi}, \pi_{\phi})$, with $U(\xi) = \xi_{\phi}$.

(3): Suppose that for each $x \in A$, there exists $\phi \in \mathcal{S}$ such that $\dpn{x^*x, \phi}{A}\ne 0$. In which case,

\[0 \ne \dpn{x, x}{\phi}= \dpn{x^*x, \phi}{A}= \dpn{\pi_\phi(x)\xi_\phi, \pi_\phi(x)\xi_\phi}{H_\phi}\]

so $\pi_{\phi}(x) \ne 0$, and $\pi_{\mathcal{S}}(x) \ne 0$ as well.

By Corollary 34.10.9, for each $x \in A$, there exists $\phi \in P(A)$ with $\dpn{x^*x, \phi}{A}\ne 0$, so $\pi_{P(A)}$ is injective. By Theorem 34.5.3, $\pi_{P(A)}(A)$ is closed in $B([l^{2}(P(A)); H_{\phi}])$.$\square$

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