Square roots in Banach *-algebras
- 1 March 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Glasgow Mathematical Journal
- Vol. 13 (1) , 74
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0017089500001403
Abstract
We give a simple proof of the lemma of Ford [1] on the existence of self-adjoint square roots in Banach*-algebras in which continuity of the involution is not assumed.Keywords
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