Journal title
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
DOI
10.2307/2161082
Volume
123
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Page
3379-3384
Abstract
Let A be a C*-algebra which either allows a faithful separable rep- resentation or is postliminal. We prove that A then admits a smallest faithful representation if and only if the ideal of compact elements is an essential ideal in A.
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203073
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1995