This work, focusing on the theory of state spaces of C*-algebras and von Neumann algebras, explains how the orientated state space geometrically determines the ... » 

This work, focusing on the theory of state spaces of C*-algebras and von Neumann algebras, explains how the orientated state space geometrically determines the algebra. The theory of C*-algebra state spaces is presented with an approach that doesn't depend on Jordan algebras. «