Bands in partially ordered vector spaces with order unit (Q496787)

Two elements \(x\), \(y\) of an Archimedean partially ordered vector space \(X\) are called disjoint if an element is an upper bound of \(x+y\) and \(x-y\) if and only if it is an upper bound of \(x-y\) and \(-x+y\). If \(B^d\) is the set of all elements \(y\) disjoint with every element of \(B\), then \(B\) is called a band if \((B^d)^d=B\). The bands are characterized with the help of the space of continuous functions on a compact Hausdorff space. Special attention is devoted to \(n\)-dimensional partially ordered vector spaces.