Left centralizers of an 𝐻*-algebra

Bachelis, Gregory F.; McCoy, James W.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1974-0333745-7

Left centralizers of an $H\sp{\ast}$ -algebra

Authors: Gregory F. Bachelis and James W. McCoy
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 43 (1974), 106-110
MSC: Primary 46K15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1974-0333745-7
MathSciNet review: 0333745
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Abstract: An explicit characterization is given of the left centralizers of a proper ${H^\ast }$ -algebra . Each left centralizer is seen to correspond to a bounded family of bounded operators, where each operator acts on a Hilbert space associated with a minimal-closed two-sided ideal of .

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