Characterizations of Ideals in Intermediate C-Rings A(X) via the A-Compactifications of X

Let X be a completely regular topological space. An intermediate ring is a ring A(X) of continuous functions satisfying C*(X)⊆A(X)⊆C(X). In Redlin and Watson (1987) and in Panman et al. (2012), correspondences 𝒵A and ℨA are defined between ideals in A(X) and z-filters on X, and it is shown that thes...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joshua Sack, Saleem Watson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/635361
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850172798219059200
author Joshua Sack
Saleem Watson
author_facet Joshua Sack
Saleem Watson
author_sort Joshua Sack
collection DOAJ
description Let X be a completely regular topological space. An intermediate ring is a ring A(X) of continuous functions satisfying C*(X)⊆A(X)⊆C(X). In Redlin and Watson (1987) and in Panman et al. (2012), correspondences 𝒵A and ℨA are defined between ideals in A(X) and z-filters on X, and it is shown that these extend the well-known correspondences studied separately for C∗(X) and C(X), respectively, to any intermediate ring. Moreover, the inverse map 𝒵A← sets up a one-one correspondence between the maximal ideals of A(X) and the z-ultrafilters on X. In this paper, we define a function 𝔎A that, in the case that A(X) is a C-ring, describes ℨA in terms of extensions of functions to realcompactifications of X. For such rings, we show that ℨA← maps z-filters to ideals. We also give a characterization of the maximal ideals in A(X) that generalize the Gelfand-Kolmogorov theorem from C(X) to A(X).
format Article
id doaj-art-cbed58ed201046efb8f837e4ae0acee1
institution OA Journals
issn 0161-1712
1687-0425
language English
publishDate 2013-01-01
publisher Wiley
record_format Article
series International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
spelling doaj-art-cbed58ed201046efb8f837e4ae0acee12025-08-20T02:19:58ZengWileyInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences0161-17121687-04252013-01-01201310.1155/2013/635361635361Characterizations of Ideals in Intermediate C-Rings A(X) via the A-Compactifications of XJoshua Sack0Saleem Watson1Institute of Logic, Language, and Computation, Universiteit van Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94242, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDepartment of Mathematics, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840, USALet X be a completely regular topological space. An intermediate ring is a ring A(X) of continuous functions satisfying C*(X)⊆A(X)⊆C(X). In Redlin and Watson (1987) and in Panman et al. (2012), correspondences 𝒵A and ℨA are defined between ideals in A(X) and z-filters on X, and it is shown that these extend the well-known correspondences studied separately for C∗(X) and C(X), respectively, to any intermediate ring. Moreover, the inverse map 𝒵A← sets up a one-one correspondence between the maximal ideals of A(X) and the z-ultrafilters on X. In this paper, we define a function 𝔎A that, in the case that A(X) is a C-ring, describes ℨA in terms of extensions of functions to realcompactifications of X. For such rings, we show that ℨA← maps z-filters to ideals. We also give a characterization of the maximal ideals in A(X) that generalize the Gelfand-Kolmogorov theorem from C(X) to A(X).http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/635361
spellingShingle Joshua Sack
Saleem Watson
Characterizations of Ideals in Intermediate C-Rings A(X) via the A-Compactifications of X
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
title Characterizations of Ideals in Intermediate C-Rings A(X) via the A-Compactifications of X
title_full Characterizations of Ideals in Intermediate C-Rings A(X) via the A-Compactifications of X
title_fullStr Characterizations of Ideals in Intermediate C-Rings A(X) via the A-Compactifications of X
title_full_unstemmed Characterizations of Ideals in Intermediate C-Rings A(X) via the A-Compactifications of X
title_short Characterizations of Ideals in Intermediate C-Rings A(X) via the A-Compactifications of X
title_sort characterizations of ideals in intermediate c rings a x via the a compactifications of x
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/635361
work_keys_str_mv AT joshuasack characterizationsofidealsinintermediatecringsaxviatheacompactificationsofx
AT saleemwatson characterizationsofidealsinintermediatecringsaxviatheacompactificationsofx