A holomorphic characterization of operator algebras

A necessary and sufficient condition for an operator space (quantum Banach space) to support a multiplication making it completely isometric and isomorphic to a unital operator algebra is proved. The condition involves only the complete holomorphic vector field structure of the Banach spaces underlying the operator space and the proof uses the associated partial Jordan triple product.

(This paper has appeared in Math. Scand. 115 (2014), no. 2, 229-268)


Matthew Neal < nealm@denison.edu >

Bernard Russo < brusso@math.uci.edu >