Accretive approximation in C*-algebras
Reiner Berntzen (1996)
Studia Mathematica
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The problem of approximation by accretive elements in a unital C*-algebra suggested by P. R. Halmos is substantially solved. The key idea is the observation that accretive approximation can be regarded as a combination of positive and self-adjoint approximation. The approximation results are proved both in the C*-norm and in another, topologically equivalent norm.