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Type I $C^*$-algebras of real rank zero
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Abstract:

We show that a separable $C^*$-algebra $A$ of type I has real rank zero if and only if $d({\hat A})=0,$ where $d$ is a modified dimension. We also show that a separable $C^*$-algebra of type I has real rank zero if and only if it is an AF-algebra.
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Additional Information
  • Huaxin Lin
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1222
  • Email: lin@darkwing.uoregon.edu
  • Received by editor(s): November 13, 1995
  • Received by editor(s) in revised form: April 4, 1996
  • Additional Notes: Research partially supported by NSF grants DMS 93-01082
  • Communicated by: Palle E. T. Jorgensen
  • © Copyright 1997 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 125 (1997), 2671-2676
  • MSC (1991): Primary 46L05
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-97-03890-2
  • MathSciNet review: 1396987