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On the ideal structure of operator algebras

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Reese T. Prosser

Publication: Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society
Publication Year: 1963; Number 45
ISBNs: 978-0-8218-1245-7 (print); 978-0-8218-9989-2 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/memo/0045
MathSciNet review: 0151863

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Table of Contents

Chapters

  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction. Notation, terminology and preliminary results
  • 2. $W^*$ algebras. The positive cone
  • 3. $W^*$ algebras. The normal dual cone
  • 4. $C^*$ algebras. The positive cone
  • 5. $C^*$ algebras. The dual cone
  • 6. $C^*$ algebras. Ideal structure