Finite sums of commutators in C * -algebras

Thierry Fack

Annales de l'institut Fourier (1982)

  • Volume: 32, Issue: 1, page 129-137
  • ISSN: 0373-0956

Abstract

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We prove that for many C * -algebras, the null space of all finite traces is spanned by finite sums of commutators.

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Fack, Thierry. "Finite sums of commutators in $C^*$-algebras." Annales de l'institut Fourier 32.1 (1982): 129-137. <http://eudml.org/doc/74522>.

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