Article
Keywords:
$m$-convexity; normal cone; $C^*$-structure; $C^*$-$m$-convex structure
Summary:
The notion of normal cones is used to characterize $C^*$-$m$-convex algebras among unital, symmetric and complete $m$-convex algebras.
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