Inverse-producing extensions of Topological Algebras

Algebra extension $B$ of $A$ containing an inverse element $b=z^{-1}\in B$ to a given $z\in A$

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The course covers a basic concept of considering mathematical properties in extensions of a given topological algebra. In doing so, we extends a algebra $A$ to an extension $B$ containing $A\subset B$, checking a property of an element $z\in A$ in the extension $z\in B$. In this course we treat multiplicative invertibility as a mathematical property and consider, among other things, topological properties that allow to create an algebra extension $B$ in which an multiplicative inverse of a given element $z\in A$ exists.

$\exists _{z^{-1}\in B}:\,z\cdot z^{-1}=z^{-1}\cdot z=e$

is satisfied and $e\in A$ is the one-element of the multiplication. Essentially, this involves topological properties of the element $z\in A$ that either allows invertibility in a particular extension $B$ of $A$ or never has an inverse element in any extensions $B$ of $A$, i.e., is permanently singular. The basic sets with a multiplicative linkage here are topological algebras, where the linkages are.

• (TA1) multiplication of a vector by a scalar as an outer linkage,
• (TA2) addition of vectors in the vector space as an inner linkage, and
• (TA3) multiplication of two vectors as inner linkage

are continuous in each case. Here, a vector space with properties (TA1) and (TA2) is called a topological vector space. If there is additionally a multiplication is additionally this multiplicative inner linkage continuous (TA3) then the vector space is called a topological algebra.

Origine of the Course

This course was created in the german Wikiversity for a lecture with Wiki2Reveal slides, that can be annotated in the browser (no online storage of annotation). The course material will be translated as Open Educational Resources that can be maintained and updated in Wikiversity. The concept of inverse-producing algebra extensions is based on Richard Arens work on that topic for normed algebras. Other classes of topological algebras were considered by Wieslaw Zelazko like locally convex and multiplicative locally convex algebras. The course includes

Wiki2Reveal Contents

Chapter 0: Preliminaries

• Set theory - (Wiki2Reveal slides)
• Complex Numbers - (Wiki2Reveal slides)
• Norms, metrics, topology - (Wiki2Reveal slides)

Chapter 1: Introduction into topological algebras

• Topological Algebra - (Wiki2Reveal slides)
• Circular Sets - (Wiki2Reveal slides)

• Algebra of polynomials - (Wiki2Reveal slides)
• Algebra of power series

Chapter 2: K-singular elements

First, we shall discuss topological criteria which ensure that an element is permanently singular in any algebra extension of class ${\mathcal {K}}$. If the negation of the topological property causes the element to have an inverse element in an algebra extension of class ${\mathcal {K}}$, a topoligical invertibility criterion arises.

Chapter 3: K-regular elements

In this chapter, given topological criteria, we construct algebra extensions algebra extensions of class ${\mathcal {K}}$ in which a given ${\mathcal {K}}$-regular element is invertible.

(3.3) Locally convex and locally pseudoconvex algebras

• P-convex hull - (Wiki2Reveal slides)

Chapter 4: Solvability of equations

In this chapter, the invertibility $z\cdot x=x\cdot z=e$ with $x=z^{-1}$ is considered as a special case of the solvability of an equation $z_{1}\cdot x=z_{2}$ with $z_{1},z_{2}\in A$. Here, an algebra expansion $B$ of $A$ is used to search for a solution $x\in B$ that solves the equation $z_{1}\cdot x=z_{2}$.

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Origin of materials

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See also

• Functional Analysis
• Wikibook: Functional Analysis
• Help: Creating quizzes for lecture content
• Wiki2Reveal

Wiki Books

• Wikibook: Functional Analysis

Translation Information

This course is a translation of the german lecture about inverse producing extensions of topological algebras (see Translation and Version Control) forked at 20 July 2021‎, 10:54.