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A Vidav theorem for Banach Jordan algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

M. A. Youngson
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh

Abstract

In the present article we prove a result characterizing the Jordan analogues of B*-algebras among the complex Banach Jordan algebras in terms of the algebra and norm structures alone.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1978

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