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Homage to A. M. Gleason and I. J. Schark

Pages 310-322 | Received 20 Feb 2014, Accepted 27 May 2014, Published online: 02 Jul 2014
 

Abstract

We study the maximal ideal space of , where B is the unit ball of . Following the lead of Gleason and Schark, we analyse Gleason parts, fibers, the Sĭlov boundary and other aspects of this Banach algebra. Our work here makes good use of the inner functions construction of Aleksandrov and Hakim/Løw/Sibony, particularly as formulated by Rudin (using ideas of Ryll and Wojtaszczyk).

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Notes

1 Recall that this result says the following:

Let and and suppose that there is a homomorphisms in such that . Then there is a sequence such that and .

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