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Constructive Gelfand duality for C*-algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2009

THIERRY COQUAND  and
BAS SPITTERS
THIERRY COQUAND
Affiliation:
Computing Science Department at Göteborg University
BAS SPITTERS
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology e-mail: b.a.w.spitters@tue.nl
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Abstract

We present a constructive proof of Gelfand duality for C*-algebras by reducing the problem to Gelfand duality for real C*-algebras.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 147 , Issue 2 , September 2009 , pp. 339 - 344
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 2009

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