## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Perturbations of the rotation $C^{\ast}$-algebras and of the Heisenberg commutation relation

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 77, Number 3 (1995), 627-656.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077286536

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07720-5

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1324637

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0830.46058

Subjects
Primary: 46L05: General theory of $C^*$-algebras

#### Citation

Haagerup, Uffe; Rørdam, Mikael. Perturbations of the rotation $C^{\ast}$ -algebras and of the Heisenberg commutation relation. Duke Math. J. 77 (1995), no. 3, 627--656. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07720-5. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077286536

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