%0 Journal Article %T On the range of completely bounded maps %A Richard I. Loebl %J International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences %D 1978 %I Hindawi Publishing Corporation %R 10.1155/s0161171278000241 %X It is shown that if every bounded linear map from a C*-algebra ¡À to a von Neumann algebra 2 is completely bounded, then either ¡À is finite-dimensional or 2 ¡é ¡­ ¡ã ¡¯ ¡é ¡ªMn, where ¡ã ¡¯ is a commutative von Neumann algebra and Mn is the algebra of n ¡ªn complex matrices. %K completely bounded maps %K C*-algebras %K von Neumann algebras %K extension of maps. %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171278000241