Abstract
Let A be a unital separable simple infinite dimensional C*-algebra with tracial rank not more than one and with the tracial state space T(A) and let U(A) be the unitary group of A. Suppose that u ∈ U0(A), the connected component of U(A) containing the identity. We show that, for any ϵ > 0, there exists a self-adjoint element h ∈ As.a such that [Formula: see text] We also study the problem when u can be approximated by unitaries in A with finite spectrum. Denote by CU(A) the closure of the subgroup of unitary group of U(A) generated by its commutators. It is known that CU(A) ⊂ U0(A). Denote by [Formula: see text] the affine function on T(A) defined by [Formula: see text]. We show that u can be approximated by unitaries in A with finite spectrum if and only if u ∈ CU(A) and [Formula: see text] for all n ≥ 1. Examples are given for which there are unitaries in CU(A) which cannot be approximated by unitaries with finite spectrum. Significantly these results are obtained in the absence of amenability.
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