Source: wikibot/aw-algebra
= AW*-algebra
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An AW*-algebra, or *Algebra of von Neumann Algebras*, is a type of algebraic structure that arises in the context of functional analysis and operator theory. It is a generalization of von Neumann algebras and is named after the mathematicians A. W. (Alfred W. von Neumann) and others who contributed to the development of operator algebras.