Contractive projections on Banach algebras

Lau, A.T-M; Loy, Richard

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Contractive projections on Banach algebras

Date

2008

Authors

Lau, A.T-M

Loy, Richard

Publisher

Academic Press

Abstract

In this paper, we explore the properties of projections of norm one on general Banach algebras, in particular the relation with conditional expectations for algebras which arise in harmonic analysis.