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Characters on C*-algebras, the joint normal spectrum, and a pseudo-differential C*-algebra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

S. C. Power
S. C. Power
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Department of MathematicsUniversity of Lancaster
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Let {Ai; i ∈ Ω} be a family of C*-algebras acting on a Hubert space H and let A be the C*-algebra that they generate. We shall assume throughout that C*-algebras always contain the identity operator. Let M(A) denote the space of characters, that is, multiplicative linear functionals, acting on A, with the weak star topology. We obtain here a natural characterisation of M(A) as a subset of the product space determined by {M(Ai); i ∈ Ω}. In the case of singly generated C*-algebras this characterisation is related to the joint normal spectrum (5) of a family of operators.

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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 47 - 53
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1981

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