Vector-valued characters on vector-valued function algebras (Q307018)

Let \(A\) be a commutative unital Banach algebra and \(X\) be a compact space. The notation of an \(A\)-character of a Banach \(A\)-valued function algebra \(\mathcal{A}\), denoted by \(\mathfrak{M}_A(\mathcal{A})\), is introduced and studied. An \(A\)-valued function algebra \(\mathcal{A}\) is said to be admissible if \(\{(\phi\circ f) {\mathbf 1}: \phi \in \mathfrak{M}(A), f \in \mathcal{A}\}\subset \mathcal{A}\). It is clear that \(\mathfrak{A}:= \mathcal{A}\cap C(X)\) is the subalgebra of \(\mathcal{A}\) consisting of all scalar-valued functions in \(\mathcal{A}\) and forms a function algebra itself. For an admissible Banach \(A\)-valued function algebra \(\mathcal{A}\) in \(X\) with \(\mathfrak{A}\), the author shows that, if \(\|\widehat f\|= \|f\|_X\), the uniform norm of \(f\), for all \(f\in \mathfrak{A}\), then every character \(\psi\in \mathfrak{M}(\mathfrak{A})\) lifts to an \(A\)-character \(\Psi\in \mathfrak{M}_A(\mathcal{A})\). Examples of admissible Banach \(A\)-valued function algebras \(C(X, A)\) and \(\mathrm{Lip}(X, A)\) are given at the end of the paper, showing that the only \(A\)-characters are the point evaluations on \(X\).