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Main Author: Schötz, Matthias
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13063
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author Schötz, Matthias
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contents The following representation theorem is proven: A partially ordered commutative ring $R$ is a subring of a ring of almost everywhere defined continuous real-valued functions on a compact Hausdorff space $X$ if and only if $R$ is archimedean and localizable. Here we assume that the positive cone of $R$ is closed under multiplication and stable under multiplication with squares, but actually one of these assumptions implies the other. An almost everywhere defined function on $X$ is one that is defined on a dense open subset of $X$. A partially ordered commutative ring $R$ is archimedean if the underlying additive partially ordered abelian group is archimedean, and $R$ is localizable essentially if its order is compatible with the construction of a localization with sufficiently large, positive denominators. As applications we discuss the $σ$-bounded case, lattice-ordered commutative rings ($f$-rings), partially ordered fields, and commutative operator algebras.
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spellingShingle Rings of almost everywhere defined functions
Schötz, Matthias
Rings and Algebras
Operator Algebras
06F25, 13J25, 16G30, 47L60
The following representation theorem is proven: A partially ordered commutative ring $R$ is a subring of a ring of almost everywhere defined continuous real-valued functions on a compact Hausdorff space $X$ if and only if $R$ is archimedean and localizable. Here we assume that the positive cone of $R$ is closed under multiplication and stable under multiplication with squares, but actually one of these assumptions implies the other. An almost everywhere defined function on $X$ is one that is defined on a dense open subset of $X$. A partially ordered commutative ring $R$ is archimedean if the underlying additive partially ordered abelian group is archimedean, and $R$ is localizable essentially if its order is compatible with the construction of a localization with sufficiently large, positive denominators. As applications we discuss the $σ$-bounded case, lattice-ordered commutative rings ($f$-rings), partially ordered fields, and commutative operator algebras.
title Rings of almost everywhere defined functions
topic Rings and Algebras
Operator Algebras
06F25, 13J25, 16G30, 47L60
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13063