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On the Dixmier property of certain algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

R. J. Archbold
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen

Extract

1. Introduction. The main result of this paper is that the simple C*-algebra (5) has the Dixmier property. As a corollary of the proof we obtain that the relative commutant of the Choi algebra (4) in is trivial.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1979

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