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Cp-classes of operators in C*-algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

S. Giotopoulos
Affiliation:
Section of Mathematical Analysis and its Application, Department of Mathematics, University of Athens, Panepistemiopolis, 157 81 Athens, Greece
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Abstract

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We construct a suitable representation of a C*-algebra that carries single elements to rank one operators. We also prove an abstract spectral theorem for compact elements in the algebra. This leads naturally to an abstract definition of Cp-classes of compact elements in the algebra.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright Australian Mathematical Society 1986

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