Document Type : Research Paper

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Faculty of Mathematics, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

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In this paper, we give three functors $\mathfrak{P}$, $[\cdot]_K$ and $\mathfrak{F}$ on the category of C$^\ast$-algebras. The functor $\mathfrak{P}$ assigns to each C$^\ast$-algebra $\mathcal{A}$ a pre-C$^\ast$-algebra $\mathfrak{P}(\mathcal{A})$ with completion $[\mathcal{A}]_K$. The functor $[\cdot]_K$ assigns to each C$^\ast$-algebra $\mathcal{A}$ the Cauchy extension $[\mathcal{A}]_K$ of $\mathcal{A}$ by a non-unital C$^\ast$-algebra $\mathfrak{F}(\mathcal{A})$. Some properties of these functors are also given.  In particular, we show that the functors $[\cdot]_K$ and $\mathfrak{F}$ are exact and the functor $\mathfrak{P}$ is normal exact.

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