Abstract:
We consider real AW∗-algebras, that is, Kaplansky algebras over the field of real numbers. As in the case of complex von Neumann algebras and complex AW∗-algebras, real AW∗-algebras are classified in terms of types Ifin, I∞, II1, II∞, and III. We prove that if the complexification M=A+iA of a real AW∗-algebra A also is an AW∗-algebra, then the types of A and M coincide.
Citation:
S. A. Albeverio, Sh. A. Ayupov, A. Kh. Abduvaitov, “On the coincidence of types of a real AW∗-algebra and its complexification”, Izv. Math., 68:5 (2004), 851–860