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The Minimal Primal Ideal Space of a C*-Algebra and Local Compactness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Ferdinand Beckhoff*
Affiliation:
Mathematisches Institut de Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Einsteinstr. 62, 4400 Münster, FRG
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Abstract

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This paper is concerned with local compactness of the minimal primal ideal space of a C*-algebra, a sufficient condition is given. The property in question has bad hereditary properties as is shown by examples.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1991

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