Aspects of the theory of derivations

Gerard Murphy

Banach Center Publications (1994)

  • Volume: 30, Issue: 1, page 267-275
  • ISSN: 0137-6934

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We survey some old and new results in the theory of derivations on Banach algebras. Although our overview is broad ranging, our principal interest is in recent results concerning conditions on a derivation implying that its range is contained in the radical of the algebra.

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Murphy, Gerard. "Aspects of the theory of derivations." Banach Center Publications 30.1 (1994): 267-275. <http://eudml.org/doc/262692>.

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