Measures of noncompactness in Hilbert $C^*$-modules

Abstract

Consider a countably generated Hilbert $C^*$-module $\mathcal M$ over a $C^*$-algebra $\mathcal A$. There is a measure of noncompactness $\lambda$ defined, roughly as the distance from finitely generated projective submodules, which is independent of any topology. We compare $\lambda$ to the Hausdorff measure of noncompactness with respect to the family of seminorms that induce a topology recently iontroduced by Troitsky, denoted by $\chi^*$. We obtain $\lambda\equiv\chi^*$. Related inequalities involving other known measures of noncompactness, e.g. Kuratowski and Istr\u{a}\c{t}escu are laso obtained as well as some related results on adjontable operators.