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Stability of wedges and semi-algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Gavin Brown
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool

Abstract

We obtain a simple new proof of Bonsall's characterization theorem for type 1 semi-algebras of continuous functions. An extension of our methods produces several new results on stability properties of wedges.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1968

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