A Positivstellensatz for rings of continuous functions

DOI10.1016/0022-4049(87)90070-3MaRDI QIDQ1095200zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jose Manuel Gamboa

Publication date 1987

Published in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-4049(87)90070-3

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relevant commutative algebra (14A05) Real algebraic and real-analytic geometry (14Pxx) Algebraic properties of function spaces in general topology (54C40)

Review text

A one page proof (using the real spectrum) of the following result: Let \(f,g: X\to {\mathbb{R}}\) be a continuous functions on a topological space X, such that f is strictly positive on \(g^{-1}(0)\). Then there exist continuous functions u, v and w such that \((1+v^ 2)f=1+w^ 2+gu\).

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