A Hilbert W*-module is a Hilbert C*-module over a von Neumann algebra such that:
admits a predual as a Banach space;
for all , the map is normal (i.e. the dual of some map ),
where is the -valued inner product on , and is the predual of .
The above definition is equivalent to the definitions using a notion of self-duality (See Blecher-Merdy, Lemma 8.5.4).
For any von Neumann algebra , the category of Hilbert W*-modules over is equivalent to the category of W*-representations of .
The equivalence is implemented by the following functors.
Given a Hilbert W*-module , we send it to the completion of , where is the Haagerup standard form of .
Given a W*-representation , we send it to the internal hom , which is a Hilbert W*-module over .
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David Blecher?, On Selfdual Hilbert Modules, Fields Institute Communications, 13, 1997
David Blecher?, Christian Le Merdy?, Operator and Their Modules—an operator space approach, Vol. 30, London Mathematical Society Mongraphs
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