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Enlargeable Banach-Lie algebras and free topological groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Vladimir G. Pestov
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Department of Mathematics, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand E-mail: vova@kauri.vuw.ac.nz
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We characterise in terms of free topological groups those Banach-Lie algebras with finite-dimensional centre coming from Lie groups.

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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1993

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