The character spaces and Šilov boundaries of vector-valued Lipschitz function algebras (Q276134)

Let \(X\) be a compact metric space and let \(E\) be a commutative Banach algebra with unit. For \(0<\alpha \leq 1\), let \(\mathrm{Lip}^\alpha(X,E) = \{f: X \rightarrow E: p(f) = \sup_{x,y \in X,~x \neq y} \frac{\| f(x)-f(y)\| }{d(x,y)^\alpha} <\infty\}\) be equipped with the norm \(\| f\| = \| f\| _{\infty}+p(f)\). This is a commutative Banach algebra and in this paper, the authors identify the Šilov boundary of this space as \(X \times \Gamma(A)\), where \(\Gamma(A)\) is the Šilov boundary of \(A\). A useful reference not included by the authors is [\textit{P. Kajetanowicz}, Math. Z. 202, No. 3, 391--395 (1989; Zbl 0661.46049)].