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On the Calkin Algebra and the Covering Homotopy Property, II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

John B. Conway*
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
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Abstract

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For a separable Hilbert space is the algebra of bounded linear operators on is the ideal of compact operators, and Π is the natural map of onto the Calkin algebra .

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1977

Footnotes

This research was supported by a National Science Foundation (U.S.A.) Grant MPS 75-05266 A01.

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