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A representation theorem for a complete Boolean algebra of projections*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

H. R. Dowson  and
T. A. Gillespie
H. R. Dowson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow
T. A. Gillespie
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh
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Synopsis

Let B be a complete Boolean algebra of projections on a complex Banach space X and let (B) denote the closed algebra of operators generated by B in the norm topology. It is shown that there is a complex Hilbert space H, a complete Boolean algebra B0 of self-adjoint projections on H, and an algebraic isomorphism of B onto B. This isomorphism is bicontinuous when B and B are endowed with the norm topologies, the weak operator topologies or the ultraweak operator topologies. It is also bicontinuous on bounded sets with respect to the strong operator topologies on B and B. As an application, it is shown that the weak and ultraweak operator topologies in fact coincide on B.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 83 , Issue 3-4 , 1979 , pp. 225 - 237
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1979

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