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Real-world example of a Banach *-algebra with a nonzero *-radical
Is there a real-world example of a Banach *-algebra with a nonzero *-radical (intersection of kernels of all *-representations)? Textbooks give examples of finite-dimensional algebras with degenerate involutions.
