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

Author(s): Huaxin Lin
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 125 (1997), 2671-2676.
MSC (1991): Primary 46L05
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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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Huaxin Lin
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1222
Email: lin@darkwing.uoregon.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-97-03890-2
PII: S 0002-9939(97)03890-2
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 of article: Copyright 1997, American Mathematical Society


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