English

Regularity points and Jensen measures for $R(X)$

Functional Analysis 2015-07-08 v1

Abstract

We discuss two types of `regularity point', points of continuity and R-points for Banach function algebras, which were introduced by the first author and Somerset in an earlier paper on non-regularity for Banach function algebras. We show that, even for the natural uniform algebras R(X)R(X) (for compact plane sets X), these two types of regularity point can be different. We then give a new method for constructing Swiss cheese sets XX such that R(X)R(X) is not regular, but such that R(X)R(X) has no non-trivial Jensen measures. The original construction appears in the first author's previous work. Our new approach to constructing such sets is more general, and allows us to obtain additional properties. In particular, we use our construction to give an example of such a Swiss cheese set XX with the property that the set of points of discontinuity for R(X)R(X) has positive area.

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@article{arxiv.1507.01779,
  title  = {Regularity points and Jensen measures for $R(X)$},
  author = {Joel F. Feinstein and Hongfei Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.01779},
  year   = {2015}
}

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As submitted: 11 pages, four figures

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