%0 Journal Article
%T A note on Riesz elements in C*-algebras
%A David Legg
%J International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
%D 1978
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/s0161171278000125
%X It is known that every Riesz operator R on a Hilbert space can be written R=Q+C, where C is compact and both Q and CQ-QC are quasinilpotent. This result is extended to a general C*-algebra setting.
%K C* algebra
%K quasinilpotent operators
%K Riesz elements.
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171278000125