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Ring Derivations on Function Algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

N. R. Nandakumar
N. R. Nandakumar*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Delaware State College, Dover, DE 19901, USA
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Abstract

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In this paper we show that a ring derivation on a function algebra is trivial provided that the Choquet boundary of the algebra contains a dense sequentially non-isolated set.

Keywords

13B1046J1046J20
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , 01 March 1990 , pp. 69 - 72
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1990

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