nLab commutative C-star-algebra

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A commutative $C^\ast$ -algebra is a C-star algebra whose underlying associative algebra is a commutative algebra.

Commutative $C^\ast$ -algebras are those identified by Gelfand duality with algebras of continuous functions on compact Hausdorff topological spaces.

Every commutative C-algebra is a nuclear C*-algebra.

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