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We survey the most recent results on the extension of isometries between special subsets of the unit spheres of C*-algebras, von Neumann algebras, trace class operators, preduals of von Neumann algebras,and p-Schatten–von Neumann spaces, with special interest on Tingley’s problem.
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Peralta, A.M. A survey on Tingley’s problem for operator algebras. ActaSci.Math. 84, 81–123 (2018). https://doi.org/10.14232/actasm-018-255-0
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