Abelian C*-subalgebras of C*-algebras of real rank zero and inductive limit C*-algebras

Duke Mathematical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 511-554

  Elliott, George A ^a,b   Gong, Guihua ^c   Lin, Huaxin ^d,e   Pasnicu, Cornel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0001134430     PISSN: 00127094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/S0012-7094-96-08520-8     Document Type: Article

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