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Minimal incomplete norms on Banach algebras

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, U.S.A.

Abstract

We study the family of all not necessarily complete algebra norms on a semisimple Banach algebra as a partially ordered set and investigate the existence and properties of minimal elements.

Keywords

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Banach algebras, norms, spectral radius

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Studia Mathematica
1992/102/1
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Pages:
77-85
Main language of publication
English
Received
1991-05-14
Accepted
1991-06-27
Published
1992
Exact and natural sciences