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The order bidual of C(X) for a realcompact space

Functional Analysis 2024-03-25 v2

Abstract

It is well known that the bidual of C(X)\mathrm C(X) for a compact space XX, supplied with the Arens product, is isometrically isomorphic as a Banach algebra to C(X~)\mathrm C(\tilde X) for some compact space X~\tilde X. The space X~\tilde X is unique up to homeomorphism. We establish a similar result for realcompact spaces: The order bidual of C(X)\mathrm C(X) for a realcompact space XX, when supplied with the Arens product, is isomorphic as an ff-algebra to C(X~)\mathrm C(\tilde X) for some realcompact space X~\tilde X. The space X~\tilde X is unique up to homeomorphism.

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@article{arxiv.2212.09296,
  title  = {The order bidual of C(X) for a realcompact space},
  author = {Marcel de Jeu and Jan Harm van der Walt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.09296},
  year   = {2024}
}