Continuity of Banach algebra valued functions (Q6486864)

Let \(K\) be a compact Hausdorff space and let \({\mathcal A}\) be a commutative unital Banach algebra. In this paper, the author shows that when the Gelfand map is an isomorphism, then any \({\mathcal A}\)-valued map on \(K\) whose composition with the Gelfand map is continuous, is continuous too. Also, injectivity of the Gelfand map is equivalent to the collection of functions on \(K\) that are continuous when composed with the Gelfand map, being a normed algebra with respect to the supremum norm.