Banach Algebras and the General Theory of *-Algebras: Volume 1, Algebras and Banach Algebras (Paperback)

1. Introduction to normed algebras: examples; 2. The spectrum; 3. Commutative algebras and functional calculus; 4. Ideals, representations and radicals; 5. Approximate identities and factorisation; 6. Automatic continuity; 7. Structure spaces; 8. Algebras with minimal ideals; Bibliography; Index; Symbol index.