On a characterization of the maximal ideal spaces of algebraically closed commutative $C^{\ast }$-algebras (Q4806437)

The authors prove the following results. (1) Let \(X\) be a locally connected compact Hausdorff space. Then the following conditions are equivalent. (i) \(X\) is an AC-space. (ii) \(X\) is a C-space. (iii) \(C(X)\) is algebraically closed. (iv) \(C(X)\) is square-root closed. (v) \(\dim X\leq1\) and \(H^1(X,\mathbb Z)=0\). (vi) \(X\) is hereditarily unicoherent. (2) Let \(X\) be a first-countable compact Hausdorff space. Then the following conditions are equivalent. (i) \(X\) is an AC-space. (ii) \(C(X)\) is algebraically closed. (iii) \(C(X)\) is square-root closed. (iv) \(X\) is almost locally connected and hereditarily unicoherent. (v) \(X\) is almost locally connected and for every connected component \(X_{\lambda}\) of \(X\), \(X_{\lambda}\) is locally connected, \(\dim X_{\lambda}\leq1\) and \(H^1(X_{\lambda},\mathbb Z)=0\).