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Derivations on Jordan-Banach algebras

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  1. Departamento de Análisis Matemático, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

Abstract

We establish that all derivations on a semisimple Jordan-Banach algebra are automatically continuous. By showing that "almost all" primitive ideals in the algebra are invariant under a given derivation, the general case is reduced to that of primitive Jordan-Banach algebras.

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Studia Mathematica
1996/118/3
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Pages:
205-229
Main language of publication
English
Received
1995-03-27
Published
1996
Exact and natural sciences