© 1981 by London Mathematical Society
Asymptotic Modifications of Dynamical Semigroups on C*-Algebras
Mathematical Institute 2429 St. Giles, Oxford OX1 3LB
We prove an abstract theorem concerning asymptotic modifications of the generators of certain oneparameter semigroups, and then apply it to semigroups obtained by restricting an automorphism group on a C*-algebra to a C*-subalgebra, by means of a conditional expectation. This enables us to clarify some old difficulties concerning the non-uniqueness of the generators, and to obtain useful connections between the generators obtained and the KMS conditions.