Talk:Universal C*-algebra

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I'm confused... this article raises more questions than it answers.

The first bit was fine, until we got to how to get to the C* algebra from the B* one. Hope someone can clear this up! Thanks.

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IMHO, the current article reads more like a section of an article on univerisal C*-algebras. an universal C*-algebra just means one with generators and relations. a few simple examples can be included, like the ones following from the spectral theorem and the unitary representation of a group. Mct mht 11:26, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Go for it. :) Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 15:18, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree this article is terrible, for which I take complete responsibility. Maybe I got entangled in some fight or other on Bell's theorem or some other topic on wikipedia. Who knows. What I had intended to do is discuss basic structures such as the Cunz algebras and graph algebras, but I never got around to it, and don't plan to either. Note there is an article Universal enveloping algebra.--CSTAR 16:50, 4 April 2007 (UTC)