Functionals on Banach Algebras with Scattered Spectra

H. S. Mustafayev¹

¹ Department of Mathematics Faculty of Arts and Sciences Yuzuncu Yil University 65080 Van, Turkey and Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan F. Agaev St. 9 Baku, Azerbaijan

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics, Tome 52 (2004) no. 4, pp. 395-403.

Résumé

Let $A$ be a complex, commutative Banach algebra and let $M_A $ be the structure space of $A$. Assume that there exists a continuous homomorphism $h:L^1(G) \to A$ with dense range, where $L^1(G)$ is a group algebra of the locally compact abelian group $G$. The main results of this note can be summarized as follows: (a) If every weakly almost periodic functional on $A$ with compact spectra is almost periodic, then the space $M_A $ is scattered (i.e., $M_A $ has no nonempty perfect subset). (b) Weakly almost periodic functionals on $A$ with compact scattered spectra are almost periodic.(c) If $M_A $ is scattered, then the algebra $A$ is Arens regular if and only if $A^* = \mathop{\overline{\rm span}} M_A $.

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DOI : 10.4064/ba52-4-5

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