Deformation of involution and multiplication in a C*-algebra
Operator Algebras
2014-11-04 v1 Functional Analysis
Abstract
We investigate the deformation of involution and multiplication in a unital -algebra when its norm is fixed. Our main result is to present all multiplications and involutions on a given -algebra under which is still a -algebra whereas we keep the norm unchanged. For each invertible element we also introduce an involution and a multiplication making into a -algebra in which becomes a positive element. Further, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for that the center of a unital -algebra is trivial.
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@article{arxiv.1304.8091,
title = {Deformation of involution and multiplication in a C*-algebra},
author = {H. Najafi and M. S. Moslehian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.8091},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
8 pages, to appear in Studia Math. (IMPAN)