TY - BOOK AU - Hofmann,K.H. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - The Duality of Compact Semigroups and C*-Bigebras T2 - Lecture Notes in Mathematics, SN - 9783540362692 AV - QA1-939 U1 - 510 23 PY - 1970/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - Mathematics KW - Mathematics, general N1 - Definition of duality -- Multiplicative categories -- Algebras over a category with multiplication -- Cogebras over a category with multiplication -- Bigebras -- C*-algebras -- A multiplication for the category C* -- The confunctor spec for commutative C*-algebras -- Finite coproducts of commutative C*-algebras with identity -- C*-Cogebras -- The duality of compact semigroups -- Involutive bigebras and their relation to C*-bigebras -- Dualities for compact groups -- Dualities for totally disconnected compact semigroups -- Discrete involutive semigroups and duality UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0071210 ER -