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More properties of the product of two derivations of a C*-algebra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Martin Mathieu
Affiliation:
Mathematisches Institut der Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, D-7400 Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract

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It is proved that the product of two non-zero derivations of a prime C*-algebra is bounded only if both of them are bounded.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1990

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