Recovering a compact Hausdorff space $X$ from the compatibility ordering on $C(X)$
Abstract
Let and be scalar-valued, continuous functions on some topological space. We say that dominates in the compatibility ordering if coincides with on the support of . We prove that two compact Hausdorff spaces are homeomorphic if and only if there exists a compatibility isomorphism between their families of scalar-valued, continuous functions. We derive the classical theorems of Gelfand-Kolmogorov, Milgram and Kaplansky as easy corollaries to our result as well as a theorem of Jarosz [Bull. Canad. Math. Soc. 1990] thereby building~a common roof for these theorems. Sharp automatic-continuity results for compatibility isomorphisms are also established. Added on 30.03.2021: Unfortunately, Theorem 1.1 of the present manuscript is flawed. Erratum and addendum written jointly with D. H. Leung is attached. Besides providing an amendment to the said statement, it also contains more complete proof of Proposition 4.1. Theorems 1.2--1.3 are unaffected.
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@article{arxiv.1610.07842,
title = {Recovering a compact Hausdorff space $X$ from the compatibility ordering on $C(X)$},
author = {Tomasz Kania and Martin Rmoutil},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.07842},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
17 pp. + Erratum and addendum written jointly with Denny H. Leung (10 pp.) is attached