Principal ideals in $F$-algebras
Author:
James M. Briggs
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 60 (1976), 231-234
MSC:
Primary 46J20
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1976-0423085-1
MathSciNet review:
0423085
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Abstract: This paper is concerned with generalizations to F-algebras of theorems which Gleason has proved for finitely generated maximal ideals in Banach algebras. Let A be a uniform commutative F-algebra with identity such that Spec $(A)$ is locally compact; let x be a nonisolated point of Spec $(A)$, and let $\ker (x)$ denote the maximal ideal of all elements of A which vanish at x. In this paper it is shown that: If f is an element of A vanishing only at x, then the principal ideal Af generated by f is closed in A. If the polynomials in the element f are dense in A and if $\ker (x)$ is finitely generated, then there exists an open set U containing x such that $\ker (y)$ is generated by $f - f(y)$ for all y in U. An example is given which shows that if A is not uniform, the conclusion of the last result may not be true. In fact, the example shows that it is possible to have a nonisolated finitely generated maximal ideal in the algebra. A second example shows that in a uniform F-algebra with locally compact spectrum, $\ker (x)$ can be generated by an element f such that $f - f(y)$ generates no other $\ker (y)$ even when the $\ker (y)$ are principal.
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Keywords:
Principal maximal ideal,
strong topological divisor of zero,
Shilov boundary
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