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December 2006 On classifying involutive locally $m$-convex algebras, via cones
A. El Kinani, M. A. Nejjari, M. Oudadess
Bull. Belg. Math. Soc. Simon Stevin 13(4): 681-687 (December 2006). DOI: 10.36045/bbms/1168957344

Abstract

We show that any hermitian $^{\ast}$-$l.m.c.a.$, the set of positive elements of which is a locally bounded cone, is necessarily a $Q$-algebra (the converse is not true). We also obtain that the algebra of complex numbers is the unique locally $C^{\ast}$-algebra without zero-divisors.

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A. El Kinani. M. A. Nejjari. M. Oudadess. "On classifying involutive locally $m$-convex algebras, via cones." Bull. Belg. Math. Soc. Simon Stevin 13 (4) 681 - 687, December 2006. https://doi.org/10.36045/bbms/1168957344

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Published: December 2006
First available in Project Euclid: 16 January 2007

zbMATH: 1134.46026
MathSciNet: MR2300624
Digital Object Identifier: 10.36045/bbms/1168957344

Subjects:
Primary: 46H05
Secondary: 46K05

Keywords: $m$-convex algebra , $Q$-algebra , hermitian algebra , locally bounded cone , zero-divisors

Rights: Copyright © 2006 The Belgian Mathematical Society

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