Commutators in Banach $^*$-algebras
Volume 186 / 2008
Studia Mathematica 186 (2008), 1-10
MSC: 46H05, 46H10, 46K05, 47B47.
DOI: 10.4064/sm186-1-1
Abstract
The set of commutators in a Banach $^*$-algebra $A$, with continuous involution, is examined. Applications are made to the case where $A=B(\ell _2)$, the algebra of all bounded linear operators on $\ell _2$.
