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Approximate identities in extensions of topologically nilpotent Banach algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

P. G. Dixon  and
G. A. Willis
P. G. Dixon
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, U.K.
G. A. Willis
Affiliation:
Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, Australian National University, G.P.O. Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Synopsis

In commutative Banach algebras with factorisation, the existence of an identity (bounded approximate identity) modulo a topologically nilpotent radical implies the existence of a global identity (bounded approximate identity), respectively.

Type
Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 122 , Issue 1-2 , 1992 , pp. 45 - 52
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1992

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