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OnC *-algebras whose Glimm ideals are primitive

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Every Glimm ideal of anAW *-algebra is a (minimal) primitive ideal.

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Saitô, K. OnC *-algebras whose Glimm ideals are primitive. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo 56, 251–272 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03031444

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