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On the Structure and Tensor Products of JC-Algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Harald Hanche-Olsen
Harald Hanche-Olsen*
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Insititute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway
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Norm closed (or weakly closed) Jordan algebras of self-adjoint operators on a Hilbert space were initially studied by Topping, Effros, and Stormer [15], [4], [12], [13]. These works are very “spatial”, in that the algebras are considered in one given representation. The introduction of their abstract counterparts, the JB- and JBW-algebras, has led to an increased interest in this subject. The author hopes this paper will support the view that a more “space-free” approach is fruitful, even if only the “concrete” algebras are under study. In accordance with this view, a “JC-algebra” in this paper will mean a normed Jordan algebra over the reals, which is isometrically isomorphic to a norm closed Jordan algebra of self-adjoint operators.

Some of the results in this paper are closely related to, or rewordings of, results in the above-mentioned papers. However, I feel that the present approach is sufficiently different to be of interest in itself. In particular, many of the technical difficulties associated with earlier approaches are avoided.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , 01 December 1983 , pp. 1059 - 1074
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1983

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