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Note on two theorems about function algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

R. E. Edwards
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Birkbeck College, London.
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Let X be a locally compact space, C(X) the algebra (with point-wise operations) of continuous numerical functions on X. On C(X) we introduce the topology of compact convergence. If f ε C(X), Zf denotes the set of zeros of f; and if I is a subset of C(X), we define

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Copyright © University College London 1957

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