On some automatic continuity theorems

Publication date 25 November 2004

Published in Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society - Simon Stevin (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.6549

General theory of topological algebras (46H05) Automatic continuity (46H40)

Abstract: We give characterizations of unital uniform topological algebras and saturated locally multiplicatively convex algebras by means of multiplicative linear functionals. Some automatic continuity theorems in advertibly complete uniform topological algebras are extended to a larger class of algebras. Consequences and applications are given.

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A topological algebra \(A\) with unit \(e\) is shown to have a topology determined by a family of seminorms \(p\) with the property \(p(x^2)= p(x)^2\) for each \(x\in A\) if and only if \(A\) has a topology-defining family \(\{p_s: s\in S\}\) of submultiplicative seminorms such that \(p_s(e)= 1\) for each \(s\in S\) and for each \(x\in A\), \(s\in S\) such that \(p_s(x)= 1\) there exists a \(f_0\in M_s(A)\) such that \(|f_0(x)|= 1\). \(M_s(A)\) is the set of those nonzero continuous multiplicative functionals \(f\) on \(A\) for which \(|f(x)|\leq p_s(x)\) for each \(x\in A\). A similar result is proven for saturated locally multiplicatively convex algebras in the sense of \textit{M. Oudadess} [Math. Jap. 35, No. 4, 615--620 (1990; Zbl 0725.46031)]. The class of algebras under consideration is extended by a condition concerning the existence of multiplicative functionals, and automatic continuity theorems are generalized to this situation.

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