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Theorem 3.2.9. Let \( A \) be a commutative Banach algebra with identity e. Let \( x \in A \) and suppose that \( \sigma \left( x\right) = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{m}{C}_{j} \), where the sets \( {C}_{j},1 \leq j \leq m \), are nonempty, pairwise disjoint, and open and closed in \( \sigma \left( x\right) \)....
Proof. Because \( {C}_{1},\ldots ,{C}_{m} \) are compact, there exist pairwise disjoint open subsets \( {V}_{1},\ldots ,{V}_{m} \) of \( \mathbb{C} \) such that \( {C}_{j} \subseteq {V}_{j} \). For each \( j \), choose an open subset \( {W}_{j} \) of \( \mathbb{C} \) such that \( {W}_{j} \cap \sigma \left( x\right) = {...
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Theorem 3.2.11. Let \( A \) be a commutative Banach algebra with identity \( e \) and let \( x \in A \) . Suppose that \( \Lambda \) is a subset of \( \mathbb{C} \smallsetminus \sigma \left( x\right) \) such that \( \Lambda \cap C \neq \) \( \varnothing \) for every bounded connected component \( C \) of \( \mathbb{C} ...
Proof. By the Hahn-Banach theorem, it suffices to show that if \( l \in {A}^{ * } \) is such that \( {\left. l\right| }_{B} = 0 \), then \( l\left( {\left( \mu e - x\right) }^{-1}\right) = 0 \) for all \( \mu \in \rho \left( x\right) \) . As we have shown in the proof of Theorem 1.2.8, the function \( f \) on \( \rho \...
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A point \( x \in X \) belongs to the Shilov boundary of \( A \) if and only if given any open neighbourhood \( U \) of \( x \), there exists \( f \in A \) such that\n\n\[ \parallel f{\left| {}_{X \smallsetminus U}{\parallel }_{\infty } < \parallel f\right| }_{U}{\parallel }_{\infty } \]
Proof. First, let \( x \in X \smallsetminus \partial \left( A\right) \) . Then \( U = X \smallsetminus \partial \left( A\right) \) is an open neighbourhood of \( x \) and because \( \partial \left( A\right) \) is a boundary, we have for all \( f \in A \) ,\n\n\[ \parallel f{\left| {}_{U}{\parallel }_{\infty } \leq \par...
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Theorem 3.3.14. Let \( A \) be a commutative Banach algebra and suppose that \( \partial \left( A\right) \neq \Delta \left( A\right) \) . Then \( \partial \left( A\right) \) contains an infinite number of points.
Proof. Let \( \varphi \) and \( \psi \) be any two distinct elements of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) . We prove first that there exists \( a \in A \) such that \( \widehat{a}\left( \varphi \right) \neq 0 \) and \( \widehat{a}\left( \psi \right) = 0 \) . This is evident if \( A \) is unital, but requires some argument i...
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Let \( A \) be a commutative symmetric Banach \( * \) -algebra. Then \( \bar{\partial }\left( A\right) = \Delta \left( A\right) \).
Since \( A \) is symmetric, \( \widetilde{\widehat{x}\left( \varphi \right) } = \widehat{{x}^{ * }}\left( \varphi \right) \) for all \( x \in A \) and \( \varphi \in \Delta \left( A\right) \). Thus \( \Gamma \left( A\right) \) is a subalgebra of \( {C}_{0}\left( {\Delta \left( A\right) }\right) \) which strongly separa...
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Proposition 3.4.4. Let \( X \) be a locally compact Hausdorff space and let \( A \) be a subalgebra of \( {C}_{0}\left( X\right) \) which strongly separates the points of \( X \) . Then, for any \( f \in A \) , \[ d\left( f\right) = \inf \{ \left| {f\left( x\right) }\right| : x \in \partial \left( A\right) \} . \]
Proof. Let \( g \in A, g \neq 0 \), and choose \( x \in \partial \left( A\right) \) such that \( \left| {g\left( x\right) }\right| = \parallel g{\parallel }_{\infty } \) . Then \[ \inf \{ \left| {f\left( y\right) }\right| : y \in \partial \left( A\right) \} \leq \left| {f\left( x\right) }\right| = \frac{\left| fg\left(...
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Corollary 3.4.5. Let \( X \) be a locally compact Hausdorff space and let \( A \) be a subalgebra of \( {C}_{0}\left( X\right) \) which strongly separates the points of \( X \) . If \( f \in A \), then \( f \) is a topological divisor of zero if and only if
\[ \inf \{ \left| {f\left( x\right) }\right| : x \in \partial \left( A\right) \} = 0. \] In particular, if \( \partial \left( A\right) \) is compact then \( f \) is a topological divisor of zero if and only \( f\left( x\right) = 0 \) for some \( x \in \partial \left( A\right) \).
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Corollary 3.4.6. Let \( A \) be a unital commutative Banach algebra and suppose that \( \parallel x{\parallel }^{2} \leq k\begin{Vmatrix}{x}^{2}\end{Vmatrix} \) for some \( k > 0 \) and all \( x \in A \) . Then an element \( x \) of \( A \) is a topological divisor of zero if and only if \( \varphi \left( x\right) = 0 ...
Proof. The hypothesis on \( A \) implies that the Gelfand homomorphism \( \Gamma : A \rightarrow \) \( C\left( {\Delta \left( A\right) }\right) \) is injective and that the two norms \( y \rightarrow \parallel y\parallel \) and \( y \rightarrow \parallel \widehat{y}{\parallel }_{\infty } \) on \( A \) are equivalent (c...
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Corollary 3.4.8. Let \( A \) be a commutative unital Banach algebra and let \( \varphi \in \) \( \partial \left( A\right) \) . Then every element of \( \ker \varphi \) is a topological divisor of zero.
Proof. We show that every \( x \in \ker \varphi \) satisfies condition (ii) of Theorem 3.4.7. Let \( B \) be any unital commutative Banach algebra such that there exists an isometric isomorphism \( j \) from \( A \) into \( B \) with \( j\left( e\right) = {e}_{B} \) . Since \( \varphi \in \partial \left( A\right) \), b...
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Theorem 3.4.10. Let \( X \) be a compact Hausdorff space, \( A \) a uniform algebra on \( X \), and \( \varphi \in \Delta \left( A\right) \) . Then \( \varphi \) belongs to \( \partial \left( A\right) \) if and only if \( \ker \varphi \) consists of joint topological zero divisors.
Proof. Let \( \varphi \in \partial \left( A\right) \) and \( {f}_{1},\ldots ,{f}_{n} \in \ker \varphi \) . Since \( \varphi \in \partial \left( A\right) ,\varphi = {\varphi }_{x} \) for some \( x \in X \) . Given \( \epsilon > 0 \), there exists an open neighbourhood \( V \) of \( x \) such that \( \left| {{f}_{j}\left...
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Theorem 3.4.11. Let \( A \) be a unital commutative Banach algebra and let \( \varphi \in \) \( \partial \left( A\right) \) . Then \( \ker \varphi \) consists of joint topological zero divisors.
Proof. It suffices to show that given \( {a}_{1},\ldots ,{a}_{q} \in A \) such that \( d\left( {{a}_{1},\ldots ,{a}_{q}}\right) > 0 \) , there is no maximal ideal of \( A \) containing all of \( {a}_{1},\ldots ,{a}_{q} \) and corresponding to some point in \( \partial \left( A\right) \) . Of course, we can assume \( d\...
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Lemma 3.4.12. Let \( A \) be a commutative normed algebra and let \( M \) be a subset of \( A \) consisting of joint topological divisors of zero. Then the closed ideal of \( A \) generated by \( M \) also consists of joint topological divisors of zero.
Proof. Let \( I \) be the ideal generated by \( M \), so that\n\n\[ I = \left\{ {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{n}{x}_{j}{y}_{j} : {x}_{j} \in M,{y}_{j} \in A, n \in \mathbb{N}}\right\} .\n\]\n\nLet \( {a}_{1},\ldots ,{a}_{m} \in I \) and, for \( i = 1,\ldots, m \), write \( {a}_{i} = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 1}}^...
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Theorem 3.4.13. Let \( B \) be a commutative Banach algebra with identity \( e \) and let \( A \) be a closed subalgebra of \( B \) containing e. Then every \( \varphi \in \partial \left( A\right) \) extends to some \( \widetilde{\varphi } \in \partial \left( B\right) \) .
Proof. Let \( \Gamma : B \rightarrow C\left( {\Delta \left( B\right) }\right), x \rightarrow \widehat{x} \) denote the Gelfand homomorphism of \( B \) and let \( {C}_{A} \) and \( {C}_{B} \) be the closure of \( \Gamma \left( A\right) \) and of \( \Gamma \left( B\right) \) in \( C\left( {\Delta \left( B\right) }\right)...
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Lemma 3.5.2. Let \( A \) be a commutative Banach algebra and let \( {\varphi }_{1} \) and \( {\varphi }_{2} \) be distinct elements of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) . Then there exists \( x \in A \) such that \( {\varphi }_{1}\left( x\right) = 1 \) and \( {\varphi }_{2}\left( x\right) = 0.
Proof. What follows is a standard argument which is also used to prove the classical Stone-Weierstrass theorem. However, we include the proof for the reader's convenience.\n\nThe set of Gelfand transforms strongly separates the points of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) . Therefore there exist elements \( {a}_{1},{a}_{2} \...
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Theorem 3.5.5. Let \( A \) be a semisimple commutative Banach algebra. If \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) is compact, then \( A \) has an identity.
Proof. Since \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) is compact, by Theorem 3.5.1 there exists \( e \in A \) such that \( \widehat{e} = 1 \) on \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) . It follows that \( {xe} - x\left( \varphi \right) = \widehat{x}\left( \varphi \right) \widehat{e}\left( \varphi \right) - \widehat{x}\left( \varphi \right) ...
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Corollary 3.5.6. Let \( A \) be a commutative Banach algebra and suppose that \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) is totally disconnected. Then \( \widehat{A} = \{ \widehat{a} : a \in A\} \) is dense in \( {C}_{0}\left( {\Delta \left( A\right) }\right) \) .
Proof. Let \( f \in {C}_{0}\left( {\Delta \left( A\right) }\right) \) and \( \epsilon > 0 \) be given. Because \( f \) vanishes at infinity and every point of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) has a neighbourhood basis of compact open sets, there exists a compact open subset \( K \) of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) such that...
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Theorem 3.5.8. Let \( A \) be a nonunital commutative Banach algebra and let \( \left\{ {{I}_{\lambda } : \lambda \in \Lambda }\right\} \) be a family of unital closed ideals of \( A \) satisfying property (ii) of Theorem 3.5.7 and such that the ideal \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{\lambda \in \Lambda }}{I}_{\lambda } \) i...
Proof. Of course, each \( \Delta \left( {I}_{\lambda }\right) = \Delta \left( A\right) \smallsetminus h\left( {I}_{\lambda }\right) \) is open in \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) . Let \( \lambda ,\mu \in \Lambda \) such that \( \lambda \neq \mu \), and suppose that there exists \( \varphi \in \Delta \left( {I}_{\lambda }\...
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Theorem 3.5.9. Let \( A \) be a unital commutative Banach algebra.\n\n(i) If \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) is a disjoint union \( \Delta \left( A\right) = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{m}{F}_{j} \) of open (and closed) subsets \( {F}_{j} \), then there exist unital closed ideals \( {I}_{1},\ldots ,{I}_{m} \) of \(...
Proof. A straightforward induction argument shows that for both (i) and (ii), it suffices to consider the case \( m = 2 \) .\n\n(i) Since \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) is compact, \( {F}_{1} \) and \( {F}_{2} \) are compact. By Shilov’s idempotent theorem, there exists an idempotent \( {e}_{1} \in A \) such that \( {\wi...
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Corollary 3.5.10. Let \( A \) be a commutative Banach algebra.\n\n(i) Suppose that \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) is a disjoint union \( \Delta \left( A\right) = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{m}{F}_{j} \), where \( {F}_{1} \) is closed and \( {F}_{2},\ldots ,{F}_{m} \) are compact. Then there exist closed ideals \(...
Proof. To prove (i), in view of Theorem 3.5.9 we can assume that \( A \) does not have an identity. Let \( {A}_{e} \) be the algebra obtained by adjoining an identity \( e \) to \( A \) . Let \( {E}_{1} = {F}_{1} \cup \left\{ {\varphi }_{\infty }\right\} \) and \( {E}_{j} = {F}_{j} \) for \( j = 2,\ldots, m \) . Then\n...
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Lemma 4.1.2. Let \( B,{B}_{1} \), and \( {B}_{2} \) be subsets of \( A \) and let \( E,{E}_{1} \), and \( {E}_{2} \) be subsets of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) . Then\n\n(i) \( {B}_{1} \subseteq {B}_{2} \Rightarrow h\left( {B}_{1}\right) \supseteq h\left( {B}_{2}\right) \) .\n\n(ii) \( h\left( \bar{B}\right) = h\left( ...
Proof. (i), (ii), and (iv) are obvious from the definitions. We show the remaining assertions.\n\n(iii) If \( M \in h\left( {k\left( {h\left( B\right) }\right) }\right) \) then \( M \supseteq k\left( {h\left( B\right) }\right) \supseteq B \), so that \( M \in h\left( B\right) \) . Conversely, if \( \varphi \in \Delta \...
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Lemma 4.1.5. Let \( I \) be a closed ideal of \( A \). (i) Let \( q : A \rightarrow A/I \) denote the quotient homomorphism. The map \( \varphi \rightarrow \varphi \circ q \) is a homeomorphism for the hull-kernel topologies between \( \Delta \left( {A/I}\right) \) and the closed subset \( h\left( I\right) \) of \( \De...
Proof. (i) The map \( \phi : \varphi \rightarrow \varphi \circ q \) clearly is a bijection between \( \Delta \left( {A/I}\right) \) and \( h\left( I\right) \subseteq \Delta \left( A\right) \). Now, for any subset \( E \) of \( \Delta \left( {A/I}\right) \) and \( \varphi \in \Delta \left( {A/I}\right) \) , \( \ker \var...
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Lemma 4.1.6. Let \( A \) be a commutative Banach algebra without identity and let \( a \in A \) be such that \( \widehat{a} \) is continuous in the hull-kernel topology on \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) . Then \( \widehat{a} \) is also continuous on \( \Delta \left( {A}_{e}\right) \) with respect to the hull-kernel topol...
Proof. Recall that \( \Delta \left( {A}_{e}\right) = \Delta \left( A\right) \cup \left\{ {\varphi }_{\infty }\right\} \), where each \( \varphi \in \Delta \left( A\right) \) is identified with its canonical extension \( x + {\lambda e} \rightarrow \varphi \left( x\right) + \lambda, x \in A,\lambda \in \mathbb{C} \) . I...
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Lemma 4.1.7. Let \( \alpha \) be an algebra cross-norm on \( A \otimes B \) such that \( \alpha \geq \) \( \epsilon \) . Then the map \( \varphi {\widehat{ \otimes }}_{\alpha }\psi \rightarrow \left( {\varphi ,\psi }\right) \) from \( \Delta \left( {A{\widehat{ \otimes }}_{\alpha }B}\right) \) onto \( \Delta \left( A\r...
Proof. Let \( E \) be a hull-kernel closed subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) . We claim that the set \( F = \left\{ {\varphi {\widehat{ \otimes }}_{\alpha }\psi : \varphi \in E,\psi \in \Delta \left( B\right) }\right\} \) is hull-kernel closed in \( \Delta \left( {A{\widehat{ \otimes }}_{\alpha }B}\right) \) . We ...
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Example 4.1.8. Let \( \mathbb{D} \) denote the closed unit disc, and let \( A = A\left( \mathbb{D}\right) \) and \( B = C\left( \mathbb{D}\right) \) . Then the map \( \phi : \left( {\varphi ,\psi }\right) \rightarrow \varphi {\widehat{ \otimes }}_{\pi }\psi \) from \( \Delta \left( A\right) \times \Delta \left( B\right...
Assuming that \( \phi \) is hull-kernel continuous, there exist nonempty hull-kernel open subsets \( U \) of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) and \( V \) of \( \Delta \left( B\right) \), respectively, such that \( U \times V \subseteq {\phi }^{-1}\left( W\right) \) . Because the hull-kernel topology on \( \Delta \left( B\r...
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Lemma 4.1.9. Let \( I \) be a closed ideal of the commutative Banach algebra \( A \) and let \( E \) be an \( {hk} \) -closed subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) such that \( E \cap h\left( I\right) = \varnothing \) and \( k\left( E\right) \) is modular. Then \( I \) contains an identity modulo \( k\left( E\right) \...
Proof. Because \( A/\left( {I + k\left( E\right) }\right) \) is unital and\n\n\[ h\left( {I + k\left( E\right) }\right) = h\left( I\right) \cap h\left( {k\left( E\right) }\right) = h\left( I\right) \cap E = \varnothing ,\]\n\n it follows that \( I + k\left( E\right) = A \) . Let \( u \in A \) be such that \( {ux} - x \...
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Lemma 4.1.10. Let \( A \) be a semisimple commutative Banach algebra with bounded approximate identity and regard \( A \) as a closed ideal of its multiplier algebra \( M\left( A\right) \) . Then \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) is hull-kernel dense in \( \Delta \left( {M\left( A\right) }\right) \) .
Proof. We have to show that \( h\left( {k\left( {\Delta \left( A\right) }\right) }\right) = \Delta \left( {M\left( A\right) }\right) \) . For that, consider an arbitrary \( T \in k\left( {\Delta \left( A\right) }\right) \), so \( T \) is a multiplier of \( A \) such that \( \varphi \left( T\right) = 0 \) for all \( \va...
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Every commutative \( {C}^{ * } \) -algebra \( A \) is regular.
Indeed, \( A \) is isomorphic to \( {C}_{0}\left( {\Delta \left( A\right) }\right) \), and Urysohn’s lemma ensures that for any locally compact Hausdorff space \( T,{C}_{0}\left( T\right) \) is a regular space of functions.
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Let \( A \) be a commutative Banach algebra.\n\n(i) Let \( I \) be closed ideal of \( A \) . If \( A \) is regular, then so are the algebras \( I \) and \( A/I \) .\n\n(ii) \( A \) is regular if and only if \( {A}_{e} \), the unitisation of \( A \), is regular.
Proof. (i) Because \( A \) is regular, by Theorem 4.2.3 the Gelfand topology coincides with the \( {hk} \) -topology on \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) . By Lemma 4.1.5(ii), the map \( \varphi \rightarrow {\left. \varphi \right| }_{I} \) is a homeomorphism for the \( {hk} \) -topologies on \( \Delta \left( A\right) \small...
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Lemma 4.2.7. Let \( I \) be an ideal in the regular commutative Banach algebra \( A \) . Given any \( {\varphi }_{0} \in \Delta \left( A\right) \smallsetminus h\left( I\right) \), there exists \( u \in I \) such that \( \widehat{u} = 1 \) in some neighbourhood of \( {\varphi }_{0} \) .
Proof. Because \( A \) is regular, by Theorem 4.2.3 the hull-kernel topology on \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) is Hausdorff and \( {\varphi }_{0} \) possesses a neighbourhood with modular kernel. Therefore we can choose a neighbourhood \( V \) of \( {\varphi }_{0} \) such that \( \bar{V} \cap h\left( I\right) = \varnothi...
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Theorem 4.2.8. Let \( A \) be a regular commutative Banach algebra, and suppose that \( I \) is an ideal in \( A \) and \( K \) is a compact subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) with \( K \cap h\left( I\right) = \varnothing \) . Then there exists \( x \in I \) such that\n\n\[{\left. \widehat{x}\right| }_{K} = 1\text{...
Proof. We first show the existence of some \( y \in I \) with \( {\left. \widehat{y}\right| }_{K} = 1 \) . As \( K \) is compact, by the preceding lemma there exist open subsets \( {V}_{i} \) of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) and \( {u}_{i} \in I,1 \leq i \leq r \), such that \( {\left. {\widehat{u}}_{i}\right| }_{{V}_{i...
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Corollary 4.2.10. Let \( A \) be a regular commutative Banach algebra such that its range under the Gelfand homomorphism \( A \rightarrow {C}_{0}\left( {\Delta \left( A\right) }\right) \) is closed under complex conjugation. Suppose that \( K \) and \( E \) are disjoint closed subsets of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) wi...
Proof. By Theorem 4.2.8 there exist \( y \in A \) such that \( {\left. \widehat{y}\right| }_{K} = 1 \) and \( \operatorname{supp}\widehat{y} \subseteq \) \( \Delta \left( A\right) \smallsetminus E \) . By hypothesis, there exists \( z \in A \) such that \( \widehat{z} = \overline{\widehat{y}} \) . Let \( f \) be the en...
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Corollary 4.2.11. Let \( A \) be a semisimple regular commutative Banach algebra. If \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) is compact, then \( A \) has an identity.
Proof. By Theorem 4.2.8 there is \( u \in A \) such that \( \widehat{u} = 1 \) on \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) and hence \( x - {ux} = 0 \) on \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) for all \( x \in A \) . \( A \) being semisimple, this yields \( {ux} = x \) for all \( x \in A \) .
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Corollary 4.2.12. Let \( A \) be a regular commutative Banach algebra. Suppose that \( K \) is a compact subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) and \( {U}_{1},\ldots ,{U}_{n} \) are open subsets of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) such that \( K \subseteq \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{n}{U}_{j} \) . Then there exist ...
Proof. Choose open subsets \( {V}_{j} \) of \( \Delta \left( A\right) ,1 \leq j \leq n \), such that \( {\bar{V}}_{j} \subseteq {U}_{j} \) and \( K \subseteq \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{n}{V}_{j} \) . Let\n\n\[ \n{I}_{j} = k\left( {\Delta \left( A\right) \smallsetminus {V}_{j}}\right) ,\;1 \leq j \leq n,\text{ ...
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Lemma 4.2.13. Let \( A \) and \( C \) be commutative Banach algebras and let \( f \) : \( \Delta \left( A\right) \rightarrow \Delta \left( C\right) \) be an injective map with the following properties.\n\n(i) \( f \) is continuous with respect to the hull-kernel topologies.\n\n(ii) \( {f}^{-1} : f\left( {\Delta \left( ...
Proof. We remind the reader that a commutative Banach algebra \( B \) is regular if and only if the Gelfand topology and the \( {hk} \) -topology on \( \Delta \left( B\right) \) coincide (Theorem 4.2.3). Let \( E \) be a subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) which is closed in the Gelfand topology. Then \( f\left( E\r...
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Theorem 4.2.14. Let \( j : A \rightarrow B \) be an injective algebra homomorphism between commutative Banach algebras. Suppose that \( B \) is regular and that \( j\left( A\right) \) is an ideal in \( B \) . Then \( A \) is regular.
Proof. Let \( I = \overline{j\left( A\right) } \), which is a closed ideal in \( B \) . Since \( B \) is regular, so is \( I \) by Theorem 4.2.6. Consider the dual mapping\n\n\[ \n{j}^{ * } : \Delta \left( I\right) \rightarrow \Delta \left( A\right) ,\;\psi \rightarrow \psi \circ j.\n\]\n\nThen \( {j}^{ * } \) is injec...
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Lemma 4.2.15. Let \( A \) and \( B \) be commutative Banach algebras, and let \( \phi \) : \( A \rightarrow B \) be a homomorphism with dense range. If \( A \) is regular, then so is \( B \) .
Proof. We have to show that given a closed subset \( F \) of \( \Delta \left( B\right) \) and \( \psi \in \Delta \left( B\right) \smallsetminus \) \( F \), there exists \( b \in B \) such that \( \widehat{b} = 0 \) on \( F \) and \( \widehat{b}\left( \psi \right) \neq 0 \) . \n\nConsider the dual mapping \( {\phi }^{ *...
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Corollary 4.2.17. Let \( B \) be a commutative Banach algebra and \( A \) a subalgebra of B. Suppose that, for some norm, A is a semisimple regular Banach algebra. Then\n\n(i) Every element of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) extends to some element of \( \Delta \left( B\right) \) .\n\n(ii) \( {\sigma }_{A}\left( x\right) ...
Proof. (i) is an immediate consequence of Theorem 4.2.16. To show (ii), we apply Theorem 4.2.16 taking for \( \phi \) the inclusion map \( j : A \rightarrow B \) . It follows that\n\n\[ \n{\sigma }_{A}\left( x\right) \cup \{ 0\} = \widehat{x}\left( {\Delta \left( A\right) \cup \{ 0\} }\right) \n\]\n\n\[ \n= \widehat{x}...
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Corollary 4.2.18. Let \( A \) be a semisimple regular commutative Banach algebra, and let \( \left| \cdot \right| \) be any algebra norm on \( A \) . Then \( {r}_{A}\left( x\right) \leq \left| x\right| \) for all \( x \in A \) .
Proof. Let \( B \) be the completion of \( A \) with respect to \( \left| \cdot \right| \) . Then part (ii) of Corollary 4.2.17 implies that\n\n\[ \n{r}_{A}\left( x\right) = \sup \left\{ {\left| \lambda \right| : \lambda \in {\sigma }_{A}\left( x\right) }\right\} = \sup \left\{ {\left| \lambda \right| : \lambda \in {\s...
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Lemma 4.2.19. Let \( A \) and \( B \) be commutative Banach algebras and let \( \alpha \) be an algebra cross-norm on \( A \otimes B \) such that \( \alpha \geq \epsilon \) . Then \( A{\widehat{ \otimes }}_{\alpha }B \) is regular whenever both \( A \) and \( B \) are regular.
Proof. We identify \( \Delta \left( A\right) \times \Delta \left( B\right) \) and \( \Delta \left( {A{\widehat{ \otimes }}_{\alpha }B}\right) \) as topological spaces by means of the map \( \left( {\varphi ,\psi }\right) \rightarrow \varphi {\widehat{ \otimes }}_{\alpha }\psi \) (Theorem 2.11.2). Let \( E \) be a close...
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Theorem 4.2.20. Let \( A \) and \( B \) be commutative Banach algebras and let \( \alpha \) be a cross-norm on \( A \otimes B \) which dominates \( \epsilon \) . Then the tensor product \( A{\widehat{ \otimes }}_{\alpha }B \) is regular if and only if both \( A \) and \( B \) are regular.
Proof. By Lemma 4.2.19, \( A{\widehat{ \otimes }}_{\alpha }B \) is regular whenever \( A \) and \( B \) are regular. So suppose that conversely \( A{\widehat{ \otimes }}_{\alpha }B \) is regular. To see that \( A \) is regular, by Corollary 4.2.4 it suffices to show that, for each \( a \in A \), the function \( \varphi...
Yes
Lemma 4.3.1. Let \( A \) be a commutative Banach algebra and \( B \) a closed subalgebra of \( A \) . If \( B \) is regular, then for every \( b \in B \) the Gelfand transform \( \widehat{b} \) is continuous on \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) with respect to the hull-kernel topology.
Proof. Suppose first that \( A \) has an identity \( e \) and that \( e \in B \) . Let \( r : \Delta \left( A\right) \rightarrow \) \( \Delta \left( B\right) \) denote the restriction map \( \varphi \rightarrow {\left. \varphi \right| }_{B} \) . Because \( B \) is regular, the Gelfand transform of \( b \in B \) on \( \...
Yes
Theorem 4.3.2. Let \( A \) be a commutative Banach algebra. Then \( A \) contains a greatest closed regular subalgebra, denoted \( \operatorname{reg}\left( A\right) \) .
Proof. Let \( \operatorname{reg}\left( A\right) \) be the closed subalgebra of \( A \) generated by the collection \( \mathcal{B} \) of all closed regular subalgebras \( B \) of \( A \) . We have to show that \( \operatorname{reg}\left( A\right) \) is regular.\n\nLet \( B \in \mathcal{B} \) and \( b \in B \) . Then, by...
Yes
Lemma 4.3.4. There exists a largest closed regular ideal \( \operatorname{regid}\left( A\right) \) of \( A \), and for every \( x \in A,\widehat{x} \) is hull-kernel continuous on the open subset \( \Delta \left( {\operatorname{regid}\left( A\right) }\right) \) of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) .
Proof. It only remains to show the second statement. Let \( J = \operatorname{regid}\left( A\right) \) and \( x \in A \) . Let \( {\varphi }_{0} \) be an arbitrary element of \( \Delta \left( J\right) \) and choose \( y \in J \) such that \( {\varphi }_{0}\left( y\right) \neq 0 \) . Then \( \widehat{y} \neq 0 \) in a n...
Yes
Lemma 4.3.5. Let \( A \) be a commutative Banach algebra, \( J \) the greatest regular ideal of \( A \) and suppose that \( A/J \) is regular. Then the hull \( h\left( J\right) \) has empty interior in \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) .
Proof. Assume that there exists a nonempty open subset \( U \) of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) which is contained in \( h\left( J\right) = \Delta \left( {A/J}\right) \) . Because \( A/J \) is regular, \( U \) is \( {hk} \) -open in \( h\left( J\right) \) . Let \( W \) be an \( {hk} \) -open subset of \( \Delta \left( A...
Yes
Corollary 4.3.6. Let \( A \) and \( J \) be as in Lemma 4.3.5 and let \( E \) be a closed subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) such that \( k\left( E\right) = \{ 0\} \) . Then \( E = \Delta \left( A\right) \) .
Proof. By Lemma 4.3.5, \( \Delta \left( J\right) \) is dense in \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) . It is therefore enough to show that \( \Delta \left( J\right) \subseteq E \) . Assume that \( F = E \cap \Delta \left( J\right) \) is a proper subset of \( \Delta \left( J\right) \) . Then, since \( J \) is regular, there exi...
Yes
Lemma 4.3.7. Let \( J \) be the greatest closed regular ideal of \( A \) and suppose that \( A/J \) is regular. Let \( I \) be an arbitrary closed ideal of \( A \) . Then there exists a closed ideal \( K \) of \( A/I \) such that both \( K \) and \( \left( {A/I}\right) /K \) are regular.
Proof. Let \( q : A \rightarrow A/I \) denote the quotient homomorphism. Since \( J \) is regular, Lemma 4.2.15 implies that \( K = \overline{q\left( J\right) } \) is a regular ideal of \( A/I \) . Yet, \( \left( {A/I}\right) /K \) is also regular. Indeed, since\n\n\[ \left( {A/I}\right) /K = \left( {A/I}\right) /\left...
Yes
Theorem 4.3.8. Let \( A \) be a commutative Banach algebra and suppose that \( A \) has a closed ideal \( I \) such that both \( I \) and \( A/I \) are regular. Then \( A \) is regular.
Proof. Let \( J \) be the largest regular closed ideal of \( A \) . Then \( J \supseteq I \) and since \( A/I \) is regular, it follows that \( A/J \) is regular as well. So \( A \) satisfies the hypotheses of Lemma 4.3.7.\n\nLet \( E \) be any closed subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) . We have to show that \( E \...
Yes
Corollary 4.3.9. Suppose that \( A \) possesses a sequence \( {\left( {I}_{j}\right) }_{j \in \mathbb{N}} \) of closed sub-algebras with the following properties.\n\n(i) \( {I}_{j} \) is an ideal in \( {I}_{j + 1} \) for each \( j \in \mathbb{N} \) and \( \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{\infty }{I}_{j} \) is dense ...
Proof. Applying Theorem 4.3.8 and induction, it follows from the hypotheses that \( {I}_{j} \) is regular for every \( j \) . Thus \( \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{\infty }{I}_{j} \subseteq \operatorname{reg}\left( A\right) \), and since \( \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{\infty }{I}_{j} \) is dense in \( A \...
Yes
Lemma 4.3.10. Let \( A \) be a commutative Banach algebra and let \( B \) be a Banach algebra consisting of \( A \) -valued functions on a set \( X \) with pointwise operations. Let\n\n\[ R = \{ f \in B : f\left( X\right) \subseteq \operatorname{reg}\left( A\right) \} \]\n\nand suppose that \( R \) is closed in \( B \)...
Proof. For each \( x \in X \), consider the algebra homomorphism\n\n\[ {\phi }_{x} : \operatorname{reg}\left( B\right) \rightarrow A,\;f \rightarrow f\left( x\right) . \]\n\nLemma 4.2.15 yields that \( \overline{{\phi }_{x}\left( {\operatorname{reg}\left( B\right) }\right) } \) is a regular subalgebra of \( A \) and he...
Yes
Lemma 4.4.2. Given \( f \in {C}^{\infty }\left( G\right) \), the operator \( T \in {C}^{ * }\left( G\right) \) in Definition 4.4.1 is unique and is denoted \( {T}_{f} \) .
Proof. Let \( T, S \in {C}^{ * }\left( G\right) \) and suppose that \( {\left( {f}_{n}\right) }_{n} \) and \( {\left( {g}_{n}\right) }_{n} \) are sequences in \( {L}^{1}\left( G\right) \cap {C}^{b}\left( G\right) \) such that, as \( n \rightarrow \infty \) ,\n\n\[ \n{\lambda }_{{f}_{n}} \rightarrow T,\;{\lambda }_{{g}_...
Yes
Lemma 4.4.4. The map \( f \rightarrow {T}_{f} \) from \( {C}^{\infty }\left( G\right) \) into \( {C}^{ * }\left( G\right) \) is linear and injective.
Proof. Linearity of the map is obvious. Thus it remains to show that \( f = 0 \) whenever \( {T}_{f} = 0 \) . So suppose there exists a sequence \( {\left( {f}_{n}\right) }_{n} \) in \( {L}^{1}\left( G\right) \cap {C}^{b}\left( G\right) \) such that \( {\lambda }_{{f}_{n}} \rightarrow 0 \) and \( {\begin{Vmatrix}{f}_{n...
Yes
Corollary 4.4.13. For \( f \in {L}^{2}\left( G\right) \) and \( \alpha \in \widehat{G} \) , \[ \widehat{{f}^{ * }} = \overline{\widehat{f}},\widehat{\bar{f}} = {\left( \widehat{f}\right) }^{ * }\text{and}\widehat{\alpha f} = {L}_{\alpha }\widehat{f}\text{.} \]
Proof. It is sufficient to check all three equations for functions \( f \) in a dense linear subspace of \( {L}^{2}\left( G\right) \) . Now, the first and the third equations hold in \( {C}^{\infty }\left( G\right) \), and hence in \( E \), by (i) and (iii) of Lemma 4.4.6, respectively. As to the second, it is enough t...
No
Theorem 4.4.14. Let \( G \) be a locally compact Abelian group. Then \( {L}^{1}\left( G\right) \) is regular.
Proof. Let \( E \) be a closed subset of \( \widehat{G} \) and \( \alpha \in \widehat{G} \smallsetminus E \) . We have to find \( f \in {L}^{1}\left( G\right) \) such that \( \widehat{f}\left( \alpha \right) \neq 0 \) and \( {\left. \widehat{f}\right| }_{E} = 0 \) . Choose a neighbourhood \( U \) of \( \alpha \) in \( ...
Yes
For a commutative Banach algebra \( A \), the following conditions are equivalent.\n\n(i) A has the spectral extension property.\n\n(ii) Every submultiplicative norm \( \left| \cdot \right| \) on \( A \) satisfies \( {r}_{A}\left( a\right) \leq \left| a\right| \) for all \( a \in A \) .
Proof. (i) \( \Rightarrow \) (ii) Let \( \left| \cdot \right| \) be any submultiplicative norm on \( A \) and let \( \left( {B,\parallel \cdot \parallel }\right) \) be the completion of \( \left( {A,\left| \cdot \right| }\right) \) . By (i), for all \( a \in A \),\n\n\[ {r}_{A}\left( a\right) = {r}_{B}\left( a\right) =...
Yes
Theorem 4.5.3. For a semisimple commutative Banach algebra \( A \) the following are equivalent.\n\n(i) \( A \) has the spectral extension property.\n\n(ii) If \( E \) is a closed subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) that does not contain the Shilov boundary of \( A \), then there exists an element \( a \in A \) such...
Proof. (i) \( \Rightarrow \) (ii) Let \( E \) be a closed subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) that does not contain the Shilov boundary of \( A \) . Towards a contradiction, assume that \( E \) has the property that for any \( a \in A,{\left. \widehat{a}\right| }_{E} = 0 \) implies \( a = 0 \) . Then \( \left| a\rig...
Yes
Corollary 4.5.4. Let \( A \) be a semisimple commutative Banach algebra and suppose that \( A \) has the spectral extension property. If \( A \) is not one-dimensional, then \( A \) contains zero divisors.
Proof. Notice that if \( E \) is any proper closed subset of \( \partial \left( A\right) \), then, by Theorem 4.5.3, there exists \( a \neq 0 \) in \( A \) such that \( \widehat{a} = 0 \) on \( E \) . Now \( \partial \left( A\right) \) contains at least two elements. Indeed, this follows from Theorem 3.3.14 if \( \part...
Yes
Lemma 4.5.5. Let \( A \) be a semisimple commutative Banach algebra. Then \( {C}_{0}\left( {\partial \left( A\right) }\right) \) is an extension of \( A \). Furthermore, if \( \varphi \in \Delta \left( A\right) \) extends to some element of \( \Delta \left( {{C}_{0}\left( {\partial \left( A\right) }\right) }\right) \),...
Proof. Because \( A \) is semisimple, the mapping \( a \rightarrow {\left. \widehat{a}\right| }_{\partial \left( A\right) } \) is an injective homomorphism of \( A \) into \( {C}_{0}\left( {\partial \left( A\right) }\right) \). Now, every element of \( \Delta \left( {{C}_{0}\left( {\partial \left( A\right) }\right) }\r...
Yes
Theorem 4.5.6. Let \( A \) be a semisimple commutative Banach algebra. Then A has the strong spectral extension property if and only if \( A \) has the spectral extension property and the Shilov boundary \( \partial \left( A\right) \) of \( A \) satisfies\n\n\[ \widehat{a}\left( {\partial \left( A\right) }\right) \cup ...
Proof. Suppose first that \( A \) has the strong spectral extension property. Then \( A \) has the spectral extension property. By Lemma 4.5.5, \( B = {C}_{0}\left( {\partial \left( A\right) }\right) \) is an extension of \( A \) . For every \( f \in B \) ,\n\n\[ {\sigma }_{B}\left( f\right) \cup \{ 0\} = f\left( {\par...
Yes
Theorem 4.5.7. Let \( A \) be a semisimple commutative Banach algebra. Then \( A \) has the multiplicative Hahn-Banach property if and only if \( A \) has the spectral extension property and the Shilov boundary of \( A \) equals \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) .
Proof. Suppose first that \( A \) has the multiplicative Hahn-Banach property. Then \( \partial \left( A\right) = \Delta \left( A\right) \) by Lemma 4.5.5. Let \( B \) be any extension of \( A \) and let \( C \) be the closure of \( A \) in \( B \) . Given \( a \in A \), there exists \( \varphi \in \Delta \left( A\righ...
Yes
Suppose that \( 0 < r < R \) and let \( X = \{ z \in \mathbb{C} : \left| z\right| \leq R\} \) and \( U = \{ z \in \mathbb{C} : \left| z\right| < r\} \) . Let\n\n\[ A = \{ f \in C\left( X\right) : f\text{ is holomorphic on }U\} ,\]\n\nendowed with the uniform norm. Because a uniform limit of holomorphic functions is hol...
Then the mapping \( f \rightarrow {\left. f\right| }_{X \smallsetminus Y} \) is an isometric isomorphism from \( I \) onto \( {C}_{0}\left( {X \smallsetminus Y}\right) \), and it follows from Tietze’s extension theorem that \( A/I \) is isometrically isomorphic to \( A\left( Y\right) \) (Exercise 4.8.24). Let \( \varph...
Yes
Let \( X = \mathbb{D} \times \left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \) and let \( A \) be the algebra of all continuous complex-valued functions \( f \) on \( X \) with the property that \( z \rightarrow f\left( {z,0}\right) \) is holomorphic on \( {\mathbb{D}}^{ \circ } \) . Endowed with the supremum norm, \( A \) is a commu...
In this case, however, the Shilov boundary of \( A \) is all of \( X \) . Indeed, since \( A \) contains every continuous function on \( X \) which is zero on \( \mathbb{D} \times \{ 0\} \), it follows that \( \partial \left( A\right) \supseteq \mathbb{D} \times (0,1\rbrack \) and hence \( \partial \left( A\right) = X ...
Yes
Example 4.5.10. Let \( X \) denote the closed ball of radius 2 around zero in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{2} \) and \( Y \) the open ball of radius 1 around zero in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{2} \). Let \[ A = \left\{ {f \in C\left( X\right) : {\left. f\right| }_{Y}\text{ is holomorphic }}\right\} . \] Endowed with the supremum norm, \( A ...
We observe next that \( A \) has the spectral extension property. To see this, we once more apply Theorem 4.5.3,(ii) \( \Rightarrow \) (i). Thus, let \( E \) be a closed subset of \( X \) not containing \( \partial \left( A\right) \). Because \( E \) does not contain \( X \smallsetminus \bar{Y} \), we can find an open ...
Yes
Lemma 4.6.2. Let \( A \) be a commutative Banach algebra and let \( \left| \cdot \right| \) be a uniform norm on \( A \) . Then \( \left| x\right| \leq {r}_{A}\left( x\right) \) for all \( x \in A \) . Let\n\n\[ E = \{ \varphi \in \Delta \left( A\right) : \left| {\varphi \left( x\right) }\right| \leq \left| x\right| \t...
Proof. Let \( \left( {B,\left| \cdot \right| }\right) \) be the completion of \( A \) with respect to \( \left| \cdot \right| \) . Since \( A \) is dense in \( B \) and elements of \( \Delta \left( B\right) \) are continuous, \( {\left. \psi \right| }_{A} \in \Delta \left( A\right) \) for each \( \psi \in \Delta \left(...
Yes
Corollary 4.6.3. For a commutative Banach algebra \( A \) the following conditions are equivalent.\n\n(i) \( A \) is semisimple.\n\n(ii) The spectral radius is a uniform norm on \( A \) .\n\n(iii) A admits a uniform norm.
Proof. We have already observed in Section 2.1 that \( A \) is semisimple if and only if \( {r}_{A} \) is a (uniform) norm on \( A \) . Thus it suffices to show (iii) \( \Rightarrow \) (i). If \( \parallel \cdot \parallel \) is the original norm on \( A \) and \( \left| \cdot \right| \) is a uniform norm on \( A \), th...
Yes
Theorem 4.6.5. Let \( A \) be a semisimple commutative Banach algebra. Then the following four conditions are equivalent.\n\n(i) A has the unique uniform norm property.\n\n(ii) The Shilov boundary \( \partial \left( A\right) \) of \( A \) is the smallest set of uniqueness.\n\n(iii) If \( F \) is a closed subset of \( \...
Proof. (i) \( \Rightarrow \) (ii) If \( F \subseteq \Delta \left( A\right) \) is a closed set of uniqueness, then\n\n\[ \left| x\right| = \sup \{ \left| {\varphi \left( x\right) }\right| : \varphi \in F\} \]\n\ndefines a uniform norm on \( A \) . By (i), \( {r}_{A}\left( x\right) = \left| x\right| \) for all \( x \in A...
Yes
Corollary 4.6.8. Let \( A \) be a semisimple commutative Banach algebra having the unique uniform norm property. Let \( I \) be a spectral synthesis ideal of \( A \) , that is, an ideal with the property that \( I = k\left( {h\left( I\right) }\right) \) . Then \( I \) also has the unique uniform norm property.
Proof. By Theorem 4.6.5,(iii) \( \Rightarrow \) (i), it is sufficient to show that if \( F \) is a closed subset of \( \Delta \left( I\right) \) not containing the Shilov boundary \( \partial \left( I\right) \), then \( F \) is not a set of uniqueness for \( I \) . Let\n\n\[ E = \left( {\Delta \left( A\right) \smallset...
Yes
Lemma 4.6.12. Let \( A \) be a semisimple commutative Banach algebra and \( B \) be a dense subalgebra of \( A \) . If \( B \) has the unique uniform norm property, then so does \( A \) .
Proof. Let \( \left| \cdot \right| \) be a uniform norm on \( A \) . Then \( \left| \cdot \right| \leq {r}_{A}\left( \cdot \right) \leq \parallel \cdot \parallel \) on \( A \) . Let \( a \in A \) and choose a sequence \( {\left( {b}_{n}\right) }_{n} \) in \( B \) such that \( \begin{Vmatrix}{{b}_{n} - a}\end{Vmatrix} \...
Yes
Suppose that \( f \in A \) satisfies \( {\varphi }_{z}\left( f\right) = 0 \) for all \( z \in {K}_{r} \). Then \( {\varphi }_{z}\left( {{\delta }_{m} * f}\right) = 0 \) for all \( m \in \mathbb{Z} \) and \( z \in {K}_{r} \), and hence
\[ 0 = {\int }_{0}^{2\pi }{\varphi }_{r{e}^{it}}\left( {{\delta }_{m} * f}\right) {dt} \] \[ = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n \in \mathbb{Z}}}\left( {{\delta }_{m} * f}\right) \left( n\right) {r}^{n}{\int }_{0}^{2\pi }{e}^{-{int}}{dt} = \left( {{\delta }_{m} * f}\right) \left( 0\right) \] \[ = f\left( m\right) \text{.} \] T...
Yes
Theorem 4.7.3. Let \( G \) be a locally compact Abelian group and \( \omega \) a weight on \( G \) . Then \( {L}^{1}\left( {G,\omega }\right) \) has the unique uniform norm property if and only if \( {L}^{1}\left( {G,\omega }\right) \) is regular.
Proof. Since for every semisimple commutative Banach algebra regularity implies the unique uniform norm property, we only have to show the 'only if' part.\n\nLet \( E \) be a proper closed subset of \( \widehat{G}\left( \omega \right) \) and let \( \gamma \in \widehat{G}\left( \omega \right) \smallsetminus E \) . By th...
Yes
Lemma 4.7.5. Let \( G \) be a nonquasianalytic weight on \( G \) . Then\n\n\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\omega {\left( {x}^{n}\right) }^{1/n} = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\omega {\left( {x}^{-n}\right) }^{-1/n} = 1 \]\n\nfor all \( x \in G \) . In particular, \( \widehat{G}\left...
Proof. Suppose the statement is false, so that \( \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\omega {\left( {x}^{n}\right) }^{1/n} > 1 \) for some \( x \in G \) . Then there exist some \( \delta > 0 \) and \( N \in \mathbb{N} \) such that \( \omega {\left( {x}^{n}\right) }^{1/n} \geq 1 + \delta \) for all \( n \geq...
Yes
Lemma 4.7.6. A weight \( \omega \) on \( \mathbb{Z} \) is nonquasianalytic if and only if\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = - \infty }}^{\infty }\frac{\ln \omega \left( n\right) }{1 + {n}^{2}} < \infty \]
Proof. For \( x \in \mathbb{N} \), this condition implies that\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = - \infty }}^{\infty }\frac{\ln \omega \left( {nx}\right) }{1 + {n}^{2}} \leq \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = - \infty }}^{\infty }\frac{\ln \left( {\omega {\left( n\right) }^{x}}\right) }{1 + {n}^{2}} = x \cdot \mathop{\sum }\l...
Yes
Lemma 4.7.10. Let \( {G}_{1} \) and \( {G}_{2} \) be locally compact Abelian groups and let \( G = {G}_{1} \times {G}_{2} \) . Suppose that \( {L}^{1}\left( {{G}_{1},{\omega }_{1}}\right) \) and \( {L}^{1}\left( {{G}_{2},{\omega }_{2}}\right) \) are regular for all nonquasianalytic weights \( {\omega }_{1} \) and \( {\...
Proof. Let \( \omega \) be given and define \( {\omega }_{1} \) and \( {\omega }_{2} \) by \( {\omega }_{1}\left( {x}_{1}\right) = \omega \left( {{x}_{1},{e}_{2}}\right) ,{x}_{1} \in {G}_{1} \) , and \( {\omega }_{2}\left( {x}_{2}\right) = \omega \left( {{e}_{1},{x}_{2}}\right) ,{x}_{2} \in {G}_{2} \), where \( {e}_{1}...
Yes
Theorem 5.1.2. Let \( A \) be regular and let \( I \) be an ideal of \( A \) and suppose that \( f \) is a function on \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) that belongs locally to \( I \) . Then there exists \( x \in I \) such that \( \widehat{x} = f \) . In particular, if \( A \) is semisimple and \( y \in A \) is such that \...
Proof. Because \( f \) belongs locally to \( I \) at infinity, there exist a compact subset \( C \) of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) and an element \( {x}_{0} \) in \( I \) such that \( {\widehat{x}}_{0}\left( \psi \right) = f\left( \psi \right) \) for all \( \psi \in \Delta \left( A\right) \smallsetminus \) \( C \) . S...
Yes
Lemma 5.1.3. Let \( A \) be regular, \( I \) an ideal of \( A \), and \( x \in A \) . Then \( \widehat{x} \) belongs locally to \( I \) at each point of \( h{\left( x\right) }^{0} \), the interior of \( h\left( x\right) \), and at each point of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \smallsetminus h\left( I\right) \) .
Proof. Because \( \widehat{x}\left( \varphi \right) = 0 \) for all \( \varphi \in h\left( x\right) \), the first assertion is clear. If \( \varphi \notin \) \( h\left( I\right) \), then by Lemma 4.1.9 there exists \( y \in I \) such that \( \widehat{y} = 1 \) in some neighbourhood \( V \) of \( \varphi \) . It follows ...
Yes
Corollary 5.1.4. Suppose that \( A \) is semisimple and regular. Let \( x \in A \) be such that \( \widehat{x} \) has compact support and \( h\left( I\right) \cap \operatorname{supp}\widehat{x} = \varnothing \) . Then \( x \in I \) .
Proof. Since \( \widehat{x} \) has compact support, \( \widehat{x} \) belongs locally to \( I \) at infinity. By Lemma 5.1.3, \( \widehat{x} \) belongs locally to \( I \) at every \( \varphi \in \Delta \left( A\right) \smallsetminus h\left( I\right) \) and also at every \( \varphi \in h\left( I\right) \) since, by hypo...
Yes
Theorem 5.1.6. Suppose that \( A \) is semisimple and regular and let \( I \) be an ideal of \( A \) and \( E \) a closed subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) . Then \( h\left( I\right) = E \) if and only if \[ j\left( E\right) \subseteq I \subseteq k\left( E\right) \]
Proof. Suppose first that \( j\left( E\right) \subseteq I \subseteq k\left( E\right) \) . Then, since \( A \) is regular, \[ E = h\left( {k\left( E\right) }\right) \subseteq h\left( I\right) \subseteq h\left( {j\left( E\right) }\right) . \] To show that actually \( h\left( I\right) = E \), it therefore suffices to veri...
Yes
Lemma 5.1.9. Let \( A \) be a regular and semisimple commutative Banach algebra and suppose that \( A \) is Tauberian. Then \( h\left( I\right) \neq \varnothing \) for every proper closed ideal of \( A \) . In particular, if \( a \in A \) is such that \( \widehat{a}\left( \varphi \right) \neq 0 \) for all \( \varphi \i...
Proof. If \( I \) is a proper closed ideal with \( h\left( I\right) = \varnothing \), then \( j\left( \varnothing \right) \subseteq I \) by Theorem 5.1.6. However, \( j\left( E\right) \) is dense in \( A \) since \( A \) is Tauberian.\n\nThe second statement is now obvious.
No
Lemma 5.1.11. Let \( A \) be a semisimple and regular commutative Banach algebra. Given \( f \in {A}^{ * } \), there exists a largest open subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) on which \( f \) vanishes.
Proof. We first show that if \( f \) vanishes on finitely many open subsets \( {V}_{1},\ldots ,{V}_{n} \) of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \), then \( f \) vanishes on \( \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{n}{V}_{j} \) . To that end, let \( x \in A \) be such that supp \( \widehat{x} \) is compact and contained in \( \mat...
Yes
Proposition 5.1.13. Let \( E \) be a closed subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \). Then \( E \) is a spectral set if and only if whenever \( f \in {A}^{ * } \) is such that \( \operatorname{supp}f \subseteq E \), then \( f\left( x\right) = 0 \) for all \( x \in k\left( E\right) \).
Proof. Suppose first that \( E \) is a set of synthesis and let \( f \in {A}^{ * } \) such that \( \operatorname{supp}f \subseteq E \). Then \( f \) vanishes on \( \Delta \left( A\right) \smallsetminus E \) and hence \( f\left( x\right) = 0 \) for all \( x \in j\left( E\right) \). Thus \( f\left( x\right) = 0 \) for al...
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Lemma 5.1.14. Let \( A \) be semisimple and regular and let \( I \) be a closed ideal of \( A \) . Let \( x \in A \) and let \( \varphi \) be an isolated point of \( \Delta \left( {x, I}\right) \) . In addition, suppose that \( \overline{j\left( \varphi \right) } \) possesses an approximate identity. Then \( \widehat{x...
Proof. Towards a contradiction, assume that \( \widehat{x} \) belongs locally to \( \overline{j\left( \varphi \right) } \) at \( \varphi \) , and let \( U \) be a neighbourhood of \( \varphi \) and \( y \in \overline{j\left( \varphi \right) } \) such that \( \widehat{x} = \widehat{y} \) on \( U \) . Then, because \( \v...
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Proposition 5.1.15. Let \( A \) be a regular and semisimple commutative Banach algebra. Let \( I \) be a closed ideal of \( A \) and let \( x \in A \) be such that \( h\left( I\right) \subseteq h\left( x\right) \). Then\n\n(i) \( \Delta \left( {x, I}\right) \) is contained in \( h\left( I\right) \cap \partial \left( {h...
Proof. (i) By Lemma 5.1.3, \( x \) belongs locally to \( I \) at each point of \( h{\left( x\right) }^{0} \) and at each point of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \smallsetminus h\left( I\right) \). Thus\n\n\[ \Delta \left( {x, I}\right) \subseteq h\left( I\right) \cap \left( {\Delta \left( A\right) \smallsetminus h{\left( x\...
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Lemma 5.2.1. The union of two Ditkin sets is a Ditkin set.
Proof. Let \( {E}_{1} \) and \( {E}_{2} \) be Ditkin sets in \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) and let \( E = {E}_{1} \cup {E}_{2} \) . We have to show that given \( x \in k\left( E\right) \) and \( \varepsilon > 0 \), there exists \( y \in j\left( E\right) \) such that \( \parallel x - {xy}\parallel \leq \epsilon \) . Now,...
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Lemma 5.2.3. Let \( {E}_{1} \) and \( {E}_{2} \) be closed subsets of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) . Let \( E = {E}_{1} \cup {E}_{2} \) and \( F = {E}_{1} \cap {E}_{2} \), and suppose that \( F \) is a Ditkin set. Let \( I \) be any closed ideal of \( A \) with \( h\left( I\right) = E \) and let \[ {I}_{k} = \overline{...
Proof. We only have to show that \( {I}_{1} \cap {I}_{2} \subseteq I \) . Because \( I \) is closed in \( A \) it suffices to prove that given \( a \in {I}_{1} \cap {I}_{2} \) and \( \epsilon > 0 \), there exists \( u \in A \) such that \( {ua} \in I \) and \( \parallel {ua} - a\parallel \leq \epsilon \) . Note that \[...
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Lemma 5.2.4. Let \( {E}_{1},{E}_{2} \), and \( I \) be as in Lemma 5.2.3. If \( {J}_{1} \) and \( {J}_{2} \) are closed ideals of \( A \) with \( h\left( {J}_{k}\right) = {E}_{k}, k = 1,2 \), and \( {J}_{1} \cap {J}_{2} = I \), then \[ {J}_{k} = \overline{I + j\left( {E}_{k}\right) },\;k = 1,2. \]
Proof. As in Lemma 5.2.3, let \( {I}_{i} = \overline{I + j\left( {E}_{i}\right) } \) for \( i = 1,2 \) . We prove that \( {J}_{1} \subseteq {I}_{1} \), the converse inclusion, \( {I}_{1} \subseteq {J}_{1} \), being obvious since \( I \subseteq {J}_{1} \) and \( j\left( {E}_{1}\right) \) is the smallest ideal with hull ...
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Theorem 5.2.5. Let \( A \) be a semisimple and regular commutative Banach algebra. Suppose that \( {E}_{1} \) and \( {E}_{2} \) are closed subsets of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) such that \( {E}_{1} \cap {E}_{2} \) is a Ditkin set. Then \( {E}_{1} \cup {E}_{2} \) is a spectral set if and only if both \( {E}_{1} \) and...
Proof. First, let \( {E}_{1} \) and \( {E}_{2} \) be spectral sets. Let \( E = {E}_{1} \cup {E}_{2} \) and apply Lemma 5.2.3 with \( I = \overline{j\left( E\right) } \) . It follows that\n\n\[ \overline{j\left( E\right) } = \overline{I + j\left( {E}_{1}\right) } \cap \overline{I + j\left( {E}_{2}\right) } \]\n\n\[ = \o...
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Theorem 5.2.6. Let \( A \) be a regular and semisimple commutative Banach algebra satisfying Ditkin’s condition at infinity and let \( E \) be a closed subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \). (i) Suppose that each point of \( E \) has a closed relative neighbourhood in \( E \) which is a set of synthesis for \( A \). T...
Proof. (i) We have to show that every \( x \in k\left( E\right) \) belongs to \( \overline{j\left( E\right) } \). Because \( \varnothing \) is a Ditkin set, we can assume that \( \widehat{x} \) has compact support. By Theorem 5.1.2 and Lemma 5.1.3 it then suffices to show that \( \widehat{x} \) belongs locally to \( \o...
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Theorem 5.2.7. Let \( A \) be a regular and semisimple commutative Banach algebra, \( I \) a closed ideal of \( A \), and \( E \) a closed subset of \( \Delta \left( {A/I}\right) \) . (i) If \( i\left( E\right) \) is a spectral set (respectively, Ditkin set) for \( A \), then \( E \) is a spectral set (respectively, Di...
Proof. (i) Suppose that \( i\left( E\right) \) is a spectral set (respectively, Ditkin set) for \( A \) and let \( x \in A \) be such that \( q\left( x\right) \in k\left( E\right) \) . Then, given \( \epsilon > 0 \), there exists \( y \in j\left( {i\left( E\right) }\right) \) such that \( \parallel x - y\parallel < \ep...
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Lemma 5.2.8. Let \( A \) be a semisimple and regular commutative Banach algebra and let \( E \subseteq \Delta \left( A\right) \) be a set of synthesis. Suppose that there exists a constant \( c > 0 \) such that for every compact subset \( K \) of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) which is disjoint from \( E \), there exists...
Proof. Let \( x \in k\left( E\right) \) and \( \epsilon > 0 \) be given. Since \( E \) is a set of synthesis, there exists \( u \in j\left( E\right) \) such that \( \parallel u - x\parallel \leq \epsilon \) . By hypothesis, there exists \( y \in j\left( E\right) \) satisfying \( \parallel y\parallel \leq c \) and \( \w...
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Lemma 5.2.10. Suppose that \( A \) has an identity \( e \) and let \( E \) be a closed subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \) . Then the following are equivalent.\n\n(i) \( E \) satisfies condition (D).\n\n(ii) There exists a constant \( c > 0 \) such that for every compact subset \( K \) of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \...
Proof. (ii) \( \Rightarrow \) (i) Let \( U \) be an open set containing \( E \) . Choose an open set \( V \) so that \( E \subseteq V \) and \( \bar{V} \subseteq U \), and let \( K = \Delta \left( A\right) \smallsetminus V \) . By (ii), there exists \( a \in j\left( E\right) \) such that \( \widehat{a} = 1 \) on \( K \...
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Proposition 5.2.14. Let \( A \) be a regular and semisimple commutative Banach algebra and let \( E \) be an open and closed subset of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \). (i) If \( A \) is Tauberian and \( x \in \overline{Ax} \) for every \( x \in k\left( E\right) \), then \( E \) is a set of synthesis. (ii) If \( A \) satis...
Proof. (i) Let \( x \in k\left( E\right) \) and \( I = \overline{j\left( E\right) } \). By Lemma 5.1.3, \( \widehat{x} \) belongs locally to \( I \) at every point of \( \Delta \left( A\right) \smallsetminus E \) and, since \( E \) is open, at every point of \( E \subseteq h{\left( x\right) }^{ \circ } \). Because \( x...
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For each \( a \in \left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \), the quotient algebra \( {C}^{n}\left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack /\overline{j\left( a\right) } \) is isomorphic to the \( \left( {n + 1}\right) \) -dimensional algebra \( \mathbb{C}\left\lbrack X\right\rbrack /J \), where \( J \) denotes the ideal in \( \mathbb{C}\lef...
Proof. Define \( \phi : {C}^{n}\left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \rightarrow \mathbb{C}\left\lbrack X\right\rbrack /J \) by\n\n\[ \phi \left( f\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{n}\frac{1}{i!}{f}^{\left( i\right) }\left( a\right) {X}^{i} + J. \]\n\n\( \phi \) is a homomorphism because, for \( f, g \in {C}^{n}\lef...
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Lemma 5.3.3. Let \( J \) be as in Lemma 5.3.2. There are exactly \( n + 1 \) proper ideals in \( \mathbb{C}\left\lbrack X\right\rbrack /J \) .
Proof. For \( 0 \leq k \leq n + 1 \), let \( {I}_{k} \) denote the ideal in \( \mathbb{C}\left\lbrack X\right\rbrack \) generated by \( {X}^{k} \) . Then\n\n\[ J = {I}_{n + 1} \varsubsetneq {I}_{n} \varsubsetneq \ldots \varsubsetneq {I}_{0} = \mathbb{C}\left\lbrack X\right\rbrack \]\n\nsince \( {X}^{k} \in {I}_{k} \sma...
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Theorem 5.3.4. Given \( a \in \left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \), there are exactly \( n + 1 \) closed primary ideals in \( {C}^{n}\left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \) with hull equal to \( \{ a\} \), namely the ideals\n\n\[ \n{P}_{a, m} = \left\{ {f \in {C}^{n}\left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack : {f}^{\left( i\right) }\lef...
Proof. It is clear that \( h\left( {P}_{a, m}\right) = \{ a\} \) and that \( {P}_{a, m} \) is properly contained in \( {P}_{a, k} \) for \( m > k \) . The statement now follows from Lemmas 5.3.2 and 5.3.3.
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Lemma 5.3.7. Let \( f \in {C}^{n}\left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \) and suppose that \( a \) is an accumulation point of \( h\left( f\right) \), the zero set of \( f \) . Then \( f \in \overline{j\left( a\right) } \) .
Proof. According to Theorem 5.3.1, it suffices to show that \( {f}^{\left( m\right) }\left( a\right) = 0 \) for \( 0 \leq m \leq n \) . This is done by induction on \( m \), the case \( m = 0 \) being clear. Thus, let \( m > 1 \) and assume that \( {f}^{\left( i\right) }\left( a\right) = 0 \) for \( i < m \) . By hypot...
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Lemma 5.3.8. Let \( I \) be a closed ideal in \( {C}^{n}\left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \) and a an isolated point of \( h\left( I\right) \) . If \( I \subseteq \overline{j\left( a\right) } \), then every \( f \in \overline{j\left( a\right) } \) belongs locally to \( I \) at \( a \) .
Proof. Assume that some \( f \in \overline{j\left( a\right) } \) does not belong locally to \( I \) at \( a \) . By hypothesis, there is an open set in \( U \) in \( \left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \) such that \( U \cap h\left( I\right) = \{ a\} \) . Because \( {C}^{n}\left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \) is regular, \( ...
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For \( f, g \in M \) define \( f * g \) on \( \mathbb{T} \) by\n\n\[ \left( {f * g}\right) \left( x\right) = \frac{1}{2\pi }{\int }_{\mathbb{T}}f\left( {x - t}\right) g\left( t\right) {dt}. \]\n\nThen \( f * g \in C\left( \mathbb{T}\right) \), and with this convolution product \( M \) becomes a commutative Banach algeb...
Proof. Observe first that, for \( x, y \in G \) ,\n\n\[ \left| {\left( {f * g}\right) \left( {x}^{-1}\right) - \left( {f * g}\right) \left( {y}^{-1}\right) }\right| \leq \frac{1}{2\pi }\parallel g{\parallel }_{2}{\begin{Vmatrix}{L}_{x}f - {L}_{y}f\end{Vmatrix}}_{2}. \]\n\nThe map \( x \rightarrow {L}_{x}f \) from \( \m...
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Lemma 5.4.2. The linear span of the functions \( {e}_{n}, n \in \mathbb{Z} \), is dense in \( M \) .
Proof. By the Stone-Weierstrass theorem, the trigonometric functions are uniformly dense in \( C\left( \mathbb{T}\right) \), and hence also dense in the \( \parallel \cdot {\parallel }_{2} \) -norm. Thus the trigonometric functions are dense in \( \left( {C\left( \mathbb{T}\right) ,\parallel \cdot \parallel }\right) \)...
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Theorem 5.4.3. For \( n \in \mathbb{Z} \), define \( {\varphi }_{n} : M \rightarrow \mathbb{C} \) by\n\n\[ \n{\varphi }_{n}\left( f\right) = \frac{1}{2\pi }{\int }_{\mathbb{T}}f\left( t\right) {e}_{-n}\left( t\right) {dt}, f \in M.\n\]\n\nThen \( {\varphi }_{n} \in \Delta \left( M\right) \) and the map \( n \rightarrow...
Proof. It is easy to check that \( {\varphi }_{n} \in \Delta \left( M\right) \) . Moreover, since \( {\varphi }_{n}\left( {e}_{m}\right) \neq 0 \) if and only if \( m = n \), the map \( n \rightarrow {\varphi }_{n} \) is injective. Observe next that given \( \varphi \in \Delta \left( M\right) \), there exists \( n \in ...
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Corollary 5.4.4. \( M \) is semisimple and regular.
Proof. If \( f \in M \) is such that \( \widehat{f} = 0 \), then \( \left\langle {f,{e}_{n}}\right\rangle = 0 \) for all \( n \in \mathbb{Z} \). Because the functions \( {e}_{n}, n \in \mathbb{Z} \), form an orthonormal basis of \( {L}^{2}\left( \mathbb{T}\right), f = 0 \) in \( {L}^{2}\left( \mathbb{T}\right) \) and t...
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Lemma 5.4.5. Let \( E \) be any subset of \( \mathbb{Z} \). Then \( j\left( E\right) \) equals the linear span of all functions \( {e}_{n} \), where \( n \in \mathbb{Z} \smallsetminus E \).
Proof. Clearly, if \( n \notin E \), then \( {e}_{n} \in j\left( E\right) \) since \( {\varphi }_{m}\left( {e}_{n}\right) = 0 \) for all \( m \neq n \), so for all \( m \in E \). Conversely, let \( f \in j\left( E\right) \) and let \( F = \left\{ {n \in \mathbb{Z} : {\varphi }_{n}\left( f\right) \neq 0}\right\} \). The...
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