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Locally compact transformation groups and $C^{∗} $- algebras

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Edward G. Effros and Frank Hahn

Publication: Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society
Publication Year: 1967; Number 75
ISBNs: 978-0-8218-1275-4 (print); 978-1-4704-0023-1 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/memo/0075
MathSciNet review: 0227310

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Table of Contents

Chapters

  • Introduction
  • 1. Locally compact transformation groups
  • 2. Ideals and traces on a $C^*$-algebra
  • 3. The $C^*$-algebra associated with a locally compact transformation group
  • 4. Positive definite measures
  • 5. The primitive ideal space of $\mathfrak {A}(G,Z)$
  • 6. The factor traces on $\mathfrak {A}(G,Z)$
  • 7. Concluding remarks
  • Appendix