2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/67555An atomic decomposition is proved for Banach spaces which satisfy some affine geometric axioms compatible with notions from the quantum mechanical measuring process. This is then applied to yield, under appropriate assumptions, geometric characterizations, up to isometry, of the unit ball of the dual space of a JB*-triple, and up to complete isometry, of one-sided ideals in C*-algebras.28 pagesOperator AlgebrasFunctional Analysis17C65; 46L07text