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AN ALMOST PRIME ELEMENT IN A COMMUTATIVE RADICAL BANACH ALGEBRA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2005

DOMINIC PINTO
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Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdomdominic@maths.leeds.ac.uk
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Abstract

Thomas conjectured that there is no such thing as an almost prime element in a commutative radical Banach algebra. This paper shows that there is such an element. However, it still leaves open the question of whether there is an element that is almost prime, but not prime.

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© The London Mathematical Society 2005

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