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$f$-algebra products on AL and AM-spaces

Functional Analysis 2026-04-07 v3

Abstract

We characterize all ff-algebra products on AM-spaces by constructing a canonical AM-space WXW_X associated to each AM-space XX, such that the ff-algebra products on XX correspond bijectively to the positive cone (WX)+(W_X)_+. This generalizes the classical description of ff-algebra products on C(K)C(K) spaces. We also identify the unique product (when it exists) that embeds XX as a closed subalgebra of C(K)C(K), and study AM-spaces for which this product exists -- the so-called AM-algebras. Finally, we investigate AM-spaces that admit only the zero product, providing a characterization in the AL-space case and examples showing that no simple characterization exists in general.

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@article{arxiv.2507.08435,
  title  = {$f$-algebra products on AL and AM-spaces},
  author = {David Muñoz-Lahoz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.08435},
  year   = {2026}
}

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23 pages