A Geometric Spectral Theory for n-tuples of Self-Adjoint Operators in Finite von Neumann Algebras

Journal of Functional Analysis

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 258-292

  Akemann, Charles A ^a   Anderson, Joel ^b   Weaver, Nik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convexity; Finite von Neumann algebra; Spectrum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001366393     PISSN: 00221236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfan.1999.3414     Document Type: Article

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