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Keywords:
$C^{*}$-algebras; Jordan algebras; $JB^{*}$-algebras; unitary isotopes
Summary:
By investigating the extent to which variation in the coefficients of a convex combination of unitaries in a unital $JB^{*}$-algebra permits that combination to be expressed as convex combination of fewer unitaries of the same algebra, we generalise various results of R. V. Kadison and G. K. Pedersen. In the sequel, we shall give a couple of characterisations of $JB^{*}$-algebras of $tsr\ 1$.
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