ABSTRACT
In this article we formulate basic results on outer generalized inverses of elements in rings. We characterize elements which have the same idempotents related to their particular outer generalized inverses and investigate positive generalized inverses in C*-algebras.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The first author is supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Development of Serbia, under Grant no. 1232. The second author is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, under grant no. 10471027 and Shanghai Education Commitee.
Notes
# Communicated by D. Easdown.