Introduction to Normed *-Algebras and Their Representations

Download or read book Introduction to Normed *-Algebras and Their Representations written by Marco Thill and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book is not intended as a first approach to the matter. This book treats: - spectral theory of Banach *-algebras, - basic representation theory of normed *-algebras, - spectral theory of representations of commutative *-algebras. A feature of the book is the construction of the enveloping C*-algebra of a general normed *-algebra. Stripped of the usual assumptions of presence of an approximate identity, completeness, and continuity of the involution. The 8th edition sports a new part on - representations on separable Hilbert spaces and slightly beyond.