title: Banach Algebras and the General Theory of *-Algebras: Volume I Algebras and Banach Algebras (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications)
author: Theodore W. Palmer
description: "The author has been very careful in researching the history of various concepts and ideas. The historical remarks in these introductions and throughout the text are a valuable addition because they show how mathematical ideas evolved... the author does an admirable job relating and ordering the various concepts...The notation is coherent and easy to follow...a valuable source for specialists and researchers..." Horst Behncke, Mathematical Reviews
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  ISBN: 978-0-387-72475-1
  
  
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  DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72476-8
  
  
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