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Characters and Point Evaluations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

T. J. Ransford*
Affiliation:
Département de mathématiques et de statistique, Université Laval, Québec (Québec) G1K 7P4 e-mail: ransford@mat.ulaval.ca
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Abstract

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We give a simple proof that, if X is a Lindelöf topological space, and A is an algebra of continuous real-valued functions on X which is inverse-closed, local and z-regular, then every character on A is a point evaluation. We also give a number of examples to illustrate both the applications of this theorem and its limitations.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1995