Theorem of Gelfand-Mazur and commutativity in unital real topological algebras (Q545467)

The paper deals with the Gelfand-Mazur theorem for real unital topological algebras and with Le Page's inequality. Several sufficient conditions which assure that a real unital topological algebra is isomorphic to the field of real numbers are given. Several sufficient conditions which assure that a real unital normed algebra is commutative are found. An analogue of Gleason-Kahane-Zelazko's theorem is given. Reviewer's remark: One must assume in Proposition 6.1 also that \(E\) is a Hausdorff space. Otherwise one cannot use the fact that \(E\) is separated in the proof.