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Trace and determinant in Banach algebras

Authors 1, 2

Affiliations

  1. Département de Mathématiques et de Statistique, Université Laval, Québec, Qué., Canada, G1K 7P4
  2. Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 7600 South Africa

Abstract

We show that the trace and the determinant on a semisimple Banach algebra can be defined in a purely spectral and analytic way and then we obtain many consequences from these new definitions.

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Studia Mathematica
1996/121/2
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Pages:
115-136
Main language of publication
English
Received
1995-03-03
Accepted
1996-06-28
Published
1996
Exact and natural sciences