On the lifting property for $C^*$-algebras

Abstract

We characterize the lifting property (LP) of a separable $C^*$-algebra $A$ by a property of its maximal tensor product with other $C^*$-algebras, namely we prove that $A$ has the LP if and only if for any family $(\{D_i\mid i\in I\}$ of $C^*$-algebras the canonical map $$ {\ell_\infty(\{D_i\}) \otimes_{\max} A}\to {\ell_\infty(\{D_i \otimes_{\max} A\}) }$$ is isometric. Equivalently, this holds if and only if $M \otimes_{\max} A= M \otimes_{\rm nor} A$ for any von Neumann algebra $M$.