Small deformations of topological algebras (Q4484579)

The theory of deformations for Banach algebras has been investigated since the early seventies by several authors [see the monograph by \textit{K. Jarosz}, Perturbations of Banach algebras, Lecture Notes Math. 1120, Springer-Verlag, Berlin (1985; Zbl 0557.46029)]. In this paper the authors extend the theory of deformations to topological algebras. Several ways to generalize the definition of a deformation are shown and the basic problem of the stability is studied. The so-called strong stability and weak stability are shown to have serious limitations. The main section of the paper provides what seems to be the correct definition, extending the concept of stability and deformations to the class of topological algebras. The algebra \((A,\cdot)\) when equipped with a family \(\Xi\) of \(m\)-convex seminorms which separates the points of \(A\) is said to be stable if there exists \(\varepsilon>0\) such that for any multiplication \(\times\) on \(A\) with \(p(a\cdot b-a\times b)\leq\varepsilon p(a)p (b)\) for all \(a,b\in A\) and \(p\in\Xi\) the algebras \((A,\cdot)\) and \((A,\times)\) are topologically isomorphic. Several examples of stable function algebras are given: the algebra \(C(X)\) of all continuous functions on a completely regular Hausdorff \(k\)-space \(X\), the algebra \(\text{Hol} (\mathbb{D})\) of all holomorphic functions on the open unit disc \(\mathbb{D}\), and the algebra \(\text{Hol} (\mathbb{C})\) of all entire functions (all of them endowed with the usual pointwise multiplication and a natural family of seminorms).