Abstract

Two conditional expectations in unbounded operator algebras (O-algebras) are discussed. One is a vector conditional expectation defined by a linear map of an O-algebra into the Hilbert space on which the O-algebra acts. This has the usual properties of conditional expectations. This was defined by Gudder and Hudson. Another is an unbounded conditional expectation which is a positive linear map of an O-algebra onto a given O-subalgebra 𝒩 of . Here the domain D() of does not equal to in general, and so such a conditional expectation is called unbounded.