Re: Why is there no *really* useful Algebra beyond complex numbers? (and if it were, would John Baez talk about it?)

Robin Chapman <rjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>Roger Bersford wrote:
>
>> Sorry- I was writing as a myopic engineer! I should have said "many",
>> not "most"; many Banach algebras are Hoops.
>
>Really? Like hula hoops?

You may be on to something. Note that Springer LNM 121,
"Lectures on Gleason Parts", was written by Herbert S. Bear,
University of Hawaii, Dept. of Mathematics, Honololu, HI/USA.

Coincidence? I think not.

Lee Rudolph

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