A characterization of Hilbert \(C^*\)-modules as Banach modules with involution (Q426065)

It is a known fact due to \textit{S. Kakutani} and \textit{G. W. Mackey} [Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 52, 727--733 (1946; Zbl 0060.26305)] that the existence of an involution on the space \(B(X)\) of all bounded operators on a Banach space \(X\), with the additional property \(TT^*\neq 0\) for all rank one operators \(T \in B(X)\), implies that there exists an inner product on \(X\) such that the corresponding norm is equivalent to the original norm on \(X\) and so \(B(X)\) is a \(C^*\)-algebra. This result still holds if one replaces \(B(X)\) by a standard operator algebra; see \textit{J. Vukman} [Glas. Mat., III. Ser. 17(37), 65--72 (1982; Zbl 0501.46022)]. In the paper under review, the authors show that if \(E\) is a Banach module on a standard operator algebra \(A\), then the existence of an involution on \(E\) implies that \(A\) has a \(C^*\)-algebra structure and \(E\) is a Hilbert \(C^*\)-module.