All vector spaces and so forth here will be defined over the complex numbers. If z = x+i y is a complex number, where x, y are real numbers, then the complex conjugate of z is denoted z and defined to be x− i y. The complex conjugate of a sum or product of complex numbers is equal to the corresponding sum or product of complex conjugates. The modulus of a complex number z is the nonnegative rea...

Given a euclidean vector space V , a linear map η : V ∧ V → V is called dissident in case v, w, η(v∧w) are linearly independent whenever so are v, w ∈ V . The problem of classifying all real quadratic division algebras is reduced to the problem of classifying all eight-dimensional real quadratic division algebras, and further to the problem of classifying all dissident maps η : R ∧ R → R. Shoul...

We study Banach C̃-algebras, i.e., complete ultra-pseudo-normed algebras over the ring C̃ of Colombeau generalized complex numbers. We develop a spectral theory in such algebras. We show by explicit examples that important parts of classical Banach algebra theory do not hold for general Banach C̃algebras and indicate a particular class of Banach C̃-algebras that overcomes these limitations to a lar...

Let X be a non-degenerate left Banach module over a normed algebra A having a bounded approximate left identity. We show that, if A is a left ideal of a larger algebra, then this representation can be extended to a representation of the larger algebra. Based on this result, we study in detail the existence and properties of representations of the various centralizer algebras of A which are comp...