 Solution (source code)

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= Solution

<Submultiplicativity> and the <C-star identity> give $\|x\|^2=\|x^*x\|\le\|x^*\|\|x\|$. For $x\ne0$ this implies $\|x\|\le\|x^*\|$. Apply the same argument to $x^*$ and use $x^{**}=x$ for the reverse inequality; $x=0$ is immediate. Hence
$$
\boxed{\|x^*\|=\|x\|}.
$$

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