Geometric characterizations of some classes of operators in C*-algebras and von Neumann algebras
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Abstract:
We present geometric characterizations of the partial isometries, unitaries, and invertible operators in C*-algebras and von Neumann algebras.References
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Additional Information
- Charles Akemann
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
- Email: akemann@math.ucsb.edu
- Nik Weaver
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130
- MR Author ID: 311094
- Email: nweaver@math.wustl.edu
- Received by editor(s): May 24, 2001
- Published electronically: May 8, 2002
- Additional Notes: The second author was supported by NSF grant DMS-0070634
- Communicated by: David R. Larson
- © Copyright 2002 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 130 (2002), 3033-3037
- MSC (2000): Primary 46L05; Secondary 47A05, 46B04, 46B20
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-02-06643-1
- MathSciNet review: 1908927
Dedicated: Dedicated to Richard V. Kadison on his 75th birthday