Banach-Stone theorems for maps preserving common zeros

DOI10.1007/S11117-008-0002-3zbMATH Open1198.46034arXiv0906.0219OpenAlexW2043415107MaRDI QIDQ963673FDOQ963673

Publication date: 13 April 2010

Published in: Positivity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let

X

and

Y

be completely regular spaces and

E

and

F

be Hausdorff topological vector spaces. We call a linear map

T

from a subspace of

C (X, E)

into

C (Y, F)

a emph{Banach-Stone map} if it has the form

T f (y) = S_{y} (f (h (y))

for a family of linear operators

S_{y} : E o F

,

y i n Y

, and a function

h : Y o X

. In this paper, we consider maps having the property: cap^{k}_{i=1}Z(f_{i})

eqemptysetiffcap^{k}_{i=1}Z(Tf_{i}) eq emptyset, where $Z (f) = f = 0$ . We characterize linear bijections with property (Z) between spaces of continuous functions, respectively, spaces of differentiable functions (including $C^{i n f t y}$ ), as Banach-Stone maps. In particular, we confirm a conjecture of Ercan and "Onal: Suppose that $X$ and $Y$ are realcompact spaces and $E$ and $F$ are Hausdorff topological vector lattices (respectively, $C^{*}$ -algebras). Let $T : C (X, E) o C (Y, F)$ be a vector lattice isomorphism (respectively, *-algebra isomorphism) such that Z(f) eqemptysetiff Z(Tf)