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Type-Decomposition of a Synaptic Algebra

Operator Algebras 2015-06-15 v1

Abstract

A synaptic algebra is a generalization of the self-adjoint part of a von Neumann algebra. In this article we extend to synaptic algebras the type-I/II/III decomposition of von Neumann algebras, AW*-algebras, and JW-algebras.

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@article{arxiv.1305.2321,
  title  = {Type-Decomposition of a Synaptic Algebra},
  author = {David J. Foulis and Sylvia Pulmannova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.2321},
  year   = {2015}
}

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27 pages

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