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Nov 22, 2012 at 9:49 comment added Yemon Choi @Dmitri: Banach-star algebras need not be semisimple, and can have rather unpleasant properties in general
Nov 8, 2012 at 8:57 comment added Fedor Petrov @Dmitri. It is, but this star does not make it C*-algebra (since $\|ff^{*}\|\ne \|f\|^2$ in general).
Nov 4, 2012 at 18:09 comment added Dmitri Pavlov L^1(G) is a Banach *-algebra, see planetmath.org/encyclopedia/GroupAlgebra2.html or en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
Oct 17, 2011 at 5:39 comment added Fedor Petrov @Christopher: the goal is rather not avoiding any theory, but understanding this fact in Banach algebras context. For example, unital $C^{*}$-algebras are semisimple, but this algebra does not seem to have star (or am I blind here?). But maybe some Banach algebras with clear algebraic property or additional structure are also always semisimple, and $A$ is in this class by not so hard to check reasons.
Oct 17, 2011 at 3:59 comment added Christopher A. Wong Could you clarify exactly what results/theory/tools you are trying to avoid using?
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