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We show that a ring homomorphism from a local σ-C*-algebra to a local C*-algebra is a continuous mapping.
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Original Russian Text © I.N. Maliev and M.A. Pliev, 2011, published in Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii. Matematika, 2011, No. 8, pp. 34–39.
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Maliev, I.N., Pliev, M.A. Continuity of ring homomorphisms for local C*-algebras. Russ Math. 55, 28–32 (2011). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1066369X11080056
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