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Non-closed sums of closed ideals in Banach algebras

Author(s): P. G. Dixon
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 128 (2000), 3647-3654.
MSC (2000): Primary 46H10; Secondary 46J20, 46J15
Posted: June 21, 2000
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Abstract:

A major difficulty in Banach algebra theory is that sums of closed ideals need not be closed. We survey the known results and present examples showing that they are in most directions the best possible. We also give a new sufficient condition for closure in the uniform algebra setting.


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Additional Information:

P. G. Dixon
Affiliation: Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 7RH, England
Email: P.Dixon@sheffield.ac.uk

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-00-05700-2
PII: S 0002-9939(00)05700-2
Received by editor(s): March 1, 1999
Posted: June 21, 2000
Communicated by: David R. Larson
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society


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