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Kasparov's technical lemma for b*-algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2011

M. A. Hennings
Affiliation:
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge CB2 3HU

Abstract

It is found that Kasparov's technical lemma may be proved for b*-algebras by a generalization of the techniques used in recent proofs for the C*-algebra case. An application of this result enables us to prove a standard lifting problem for b*-algebras.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1989

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