TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harmand,Peter
AU  - Werner,Dirk
AU  - Werner,Wend
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - M-Ideals in Banach Spaces and Banach Algebras
T2  - Lecture Notes in Mathematics,
SN  - 9783540477532
AV  - QA299.6-433 
U1  - 515 23
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Global analysis (Mathematics)
KW  - Analysis
N1  - Basic theory of M-ideals -- Geometric properties of M-ideals -- Banach spaces which are M-ideals in their biduals -- Banach spaces which are L-summands in their biduals -- M-ideals in Banach algebras -- M-ideals in spaces of bounded operators
N2  - This book provides a comprehensive exposition of M-ideal theory, a branch ofgeometric functional analysis which deals with certain subspaces of Banach spaces arising naturally in many contexts. Starting from the basic definitions the authors discuss a number of examples of M-ideals (e.g. the closed two-sided ideals of C*-algebras) and develop their general theory. Besides, applications to problems from a variety of areas including approximation theory, harmonic analysis, C*-algebra theory and Banach space geometry are presented. The book is mainly intended as a reference volume for researchers working in one of these fields, but it also addresses students at the graduate or postgraduate level. Each of its six chapters is accompanied by a Notes-and-Remarks section which explores further ramifications of the subject and gives detailed references to the literature. An extensive bibliography is included
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0084355
ER  -