Traces, bitraces and Hilbert algebras (Q1192294)

The author shows that a *-algebra \(A\) has a non-trivial trace if there is a *-homomorphism of \(A\) onto a non-zero Hilbert algebra \(K\), and conversely a non-trivial trace on a normed *-algebra \(A\) satisfying \(A^ 2\) is dense in \(A\) gives rise to a non-zero *-homomorphism of \(A\) onto a Hilbert algebra.