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Prime z-Ideals of C(X) and Related Rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Gordon Mason
Gordon Mason*
Affiliation:
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B.
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Let C(X) be the ring of continuous real-valued functions on a (completely regular) topological space X. The structure of the prime ideals and the prime z-ideals of C(X) has been the subject of much investigation (see e-g- [1], [3], [5]). One of the surprising facts about C(X) is that the sum of two prime ideals is again prime.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , 01 December 1980 , pp. 437 - 443
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1980

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