02207nam 2200577 450 99646663500331620220303140652.03-540-36269-X10.1007/BFb0071210(CKB)1000000000438668(SSID)ssj0000322740(PQKBManifestationID)12064993(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000322740(PQKBWorkID)10288019(PQKB)10840833(DE-He213)978-3-540-36269-2(MiAaPQ)EBC5591339(Au-PeEL)EBL5591339(OCoLC)1066182612(MiAaPQ)EBC6842779(Au-PeEL)EBL6842779(PPN)155166921(EXLCZ)99100000000043866820220303d1970 uy 0engurnn|008mamaatxtccrThe duality of compact semigroups and C*-bigebras /K. H. Hofmann1st ed. 1970.Berlin :Springer-Verlag,[1970]©19701 online resource (XIV, 146 p.) Lecture notes in mathematics ;129Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-387-04918-5 3-540-04918-5 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.Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) ;129.MathematicsMathematics.510Hofmann Karl Heinrich4964MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996466635003316-bigebras2983231UNISA