Pervasive algebras and maximal subalgebras

DOI10.4064/SM206-1-1zbMATH Open1241.46028arXiv1005.0719OpenAlexW2100797666MaRDI QIDQ3174484FDOQ3174484

Authors: Pamela Gorkin, Anthony O'Farrell 

Publication date: 14 October 2011

Published in: Studia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A uniform algebra $A$ on its Shilov boundary $X$ is {em maximal} if $A$ is not $C(X)$ and there is no uniform algebra properly contained between $A$ and $C(X)$. It is {em essentially pervasive} if $A$ is dense in $C(F)$ whenever $F$ is a proper closed subset of the essential set of $A$. If $A$ is maximal, then it is essentially pervasive and proper. We explore the gap between these two concepts. We show the following: (1) If $A$ is pervasive and proper, and has a nonconstant unimodular element, then $A$ contains an infinite descending chain of pervasive subalgebras on $X$. (2) It is possible to imbed a copy of the lattice of all subsets of $N$ into the family of pervasive subalgebras of some $C(X)$. (3) In the other direction, if $A$ is strongly logmodular, proper and pervasive, then it is maximal. (4) This fails if the word lq strongly' is removed. We discuss further examples, involving Dirichlet algebras, $A(U)$ algebras, Douglas algebras, and subalgebras of $H^{i}nfty(mathbbD)$. We develop some new results that relate pervasiveness, maximality and relative maximality to support sets of representing measures.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.0719

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zbMATH Keywords

uniform algebramaximal subalgebralogmodular algebrapervasive algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Banach algebras of continuous functions, function algebras (46J10)

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