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Atomic decomposition of real JBW-triples
1 Departamento de Analisis Matematico, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain, e-mail: aperalta{at}ugr.es 2 Bolyai Institute, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary, e-mail: stacho{at}math.u-szeged.hu
We study the natural partial ordering in the set of all tripotents of a real JB*-triple. We prove some characterizations of real-minimal tripotents and an atomic deocmpostion theorem for real JBW*-triples is given.
Received 29 June 1999. Revised 16 March 2000.