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The Product of two (Unbounded) Derivations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Steen Pedersen*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Wright State University Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA
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Abstract

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We characterize when the product of two (unbounded) derivations of a C*-algebra is a derivation.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1990

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