Enveloping von Neumann algebra

In the theory of operator algebras, the enveloping von Neumann algebra of a C*-algebra is a von Neumann algebra that, in some sense, contains all the operator-algebraic information about the given C*-algebra. This is sometimes called the universal enveloping von Neumann algebra, since it is given by a universal property; and (as always with von Neumann algebras) the term W*-algebra may be used in place of von Neumann algebra.

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