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Constructive Gelfand duality for C*-algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2009

THIERRY COQUAND
Affiliation:
Computing Science Department at Göteborg University
BAS SPITTERS
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology e-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

We present a constructive proof of Gelfand duality for C*-algebras by reducing the problem to Gelfand duality for real C*-algebras.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 2009

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