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A topological characterisation of finite dimensionality of C* -algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Wai-Shing Tang
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Republic of Singapore 0511
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Abstract

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A C*-algebra A is finite-dimensional if and only if the cone is closed in M2A.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1988

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