Structure of contractible locally $C^*$-algebras
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Abstract:
A locally $C^*$-algebra is contractible iff it is topologically isomorphic to the topological cartesian product of a certain family of full matrix algebras.References
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Additional Information
- Maria Fragoulopoulou
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Athens 15784, Greece
- Email: mfragoul@cc.uoa.gr
- Received by editor(s): January 31, 2000
- Published electronically: February 9, 2001
- Additional Notes: The contents of this paper were presented at the International Workshop on âGeneral Topological Algebrasâ, Tartu, Estonia, October 4-8, 1999.
This research was partially supported by the Special Research Account: Grant Nr 70/4/3421, University of Athens. - Communicated by: David R. Larson
- © Copyright 2001 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 129 (2001), 2889-2896
- MSC (2000): Primary 46K10, 16E10; Secondary 46M10
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-01-05949-4
- MathSciNet review: 1840090