Author | Hofmann, K. H. author |
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Title | The Duality of Compact Semigroups and C*-Bigebras [electronic resource] / by K. H. Hofmann |
Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1970 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0071210 |
Descript | XIV, 146 p. online resource |
Definition of duality -- Multiplicative categories -- Algebras over a category with multiplication -- Cogebras over a category with multiplication -- Bigebras -- C*-algebras -- A multiplication for the category C* -- The confunctor spec for commutative C*-algebras -- Finite coproducts of commutative C*-algebras with identity -- C*-Cogebras -- The duality of compact semigroups -- Involutive bigebras and their relation to C*-bigebras -- Dualities for compact groups -- Dualities for totally disconnected compact semigroups -- Discrete involutive semigroups and duality