Isometries and the complex state spaces of uniform algebras (Q1080125)
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Isometries and the complex state spaces of uniform algebras (English)
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1987
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If \({\mathfrak A}\) is a uniform algebra with state space \(S=\{\phi \in {\mathfrak A}^*:\phi (\ell)=\ell =\| \phi \| \}\) then the \(w^*\)-compact convex subset \(Z=Co(S\cup -iS)\) of \({\mathfrak A}^*\) is called the complex state space of \({\mathfrak A}\). It is shown that S and Z are determined by the isometries of A(S) and A(Z) respectively, and we examine the relationship between (complex-linear) isometries of \({\mathfrak A}\) and (real-linear) isometries of A(Z). The results make substantial use of the facial topology for S and Z. When the maximal ideal space of \({\mathfrak A}\) has only finitely many connected components it is shown that the affine geometry of Z determines the algebraic structure of \({\mathfrak A}\) up to complex conjugation.
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uniform algebra
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complex state space
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facial topology
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maximal ideal space
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