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A representation theory for commutative topological algebra
About this Title
Richard V. Kadison
Publication: Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society
Publication Year:
1951; Number 7
ISBNs: 978-0-8218-1207-5 (print); 978-1-4704-0017-0 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/memo/0007
MathSciNet review: 0044040
Table of Contents
Chapters
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The general representation theorem
- 3. The algebra theorem of Stone
- 4. The vector lattice theorem
- 5. The Banach space characterization
- 6. The Banach algebra representation theorem
- 7. Polynomial identities on the norm in a Banach algebra
- 8. Applications to the theory of operator algebras