Avoiding the theory of characters of finite groups and group algebras over fields of characteristic zero a ring theoretical proof is given for R. Brauer's theorem which asserts that the (modular) ...
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Vol. 149, No. 2 (Jun., 1970), pp. 503-537 (35 pages) We construct a general class of Banach algebras which include as special cases the group algebra ...