The radical of $L^{\infty }(G)^{\ast }$
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Abstract:
Theorem. Let $G$ be any locally compact nondiscrete group (or any infinite discrete amenable group). Then the radical of the (complex, noncommutative) Banach algebra ${L^\infty }{(G)^\ast }$ is not norm separable.References
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- © Copyright 1973 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 41 (1973), 321-324
- MSC: Primary 43A15
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1973-0326302-9
- MathSciNet review: 0326302