An algebraic approach to Wigner's unitary-antiunitary theorem

Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 354-369

  Molnár, Lajos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

C* algebra; Hilbert module; Jordan homomorphism; Prime ring; Wigner's unitary antiunitary theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040041672     PISSN: 14467887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s144678870003593x     Document Type: Article

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