Relative size of the Shilov boundary of a function algebra

Zame, William R.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1974-0333741-X

Relative size of the Shilov boundary of a function algebra
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (1974), 68-70 Request permission

Abstract:

A notion of size for subsets of the spectrum of a function algebra is described, relative to which each open subset of the Shilov boundary has the same size as the spectrum.

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