Gelfand duality

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:appliesTo compact Hausdorff spaces
commutative C*-algebras
gptkbp:categoryTheoryConcept duality
gptkbp:field functional analysis
gptkbp:generalizes noncommutative Gelfand duality
gptkbp:hasApplication gptkb:topology
spectral theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gelfand duality
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Israel_Gelfand
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:C*-algebra
gptkb:locally_compact_Hausdorff_space
gptkbp:state The category of commutative unital C*-algebras is contravariantly equivalent to the category of compact Hausdorff spaces
gptkbp:usedIn noncommutative geometry
operator algebras
gptkbp:yearProposed 1941
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Stone_duality
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7