In this paper, we point out that most results on abelian (complex) W~*-algebras hold in the real case. Of course, there are differences in homeomorphisms of period 2. Moreover, an abelian real Von Neumann algebra not ...In this paper, we point out that most results on abelian (complex) W~*-algebras hold in the real case. Of course, there are differences in homeomorphisms of period 2. Moreover, an abelian real Von Neumann algebra not containing any minimal projection on a separable real Hilbert space is * isomorphic to L_r~∞([0,1]) (all real functions in L~∞ ([0, 1])), or L~∞([0, 1])(as a real W~*-algebra), or L_r~∞([0,1]) L_∞([0, 1]) (as a real W~*-algebra), and it is different from the complex case.展开更多
文摘In this paper, we point out that most results on abelian (complex) W~*-algebras hold in the real case. Of course, there are differences in homeomorphisms of period 2. Moreover, an abelian real Von Neumann algebra not containing any minimal projection on a separable real Hilbert space is * isomorphic to L_r~∞([0,1]) (all real functions in L~∞ ([0, 1])), or L~∞([0, 1])(as a real W~*-algebra), or L_r~∞([0,1]) L_∞([0, 1]) (as a real W~*-algebra), and it is different from the complex case.
