A class of ideals in intermediate rings of continuous functions

Abstract

<p>For any completely regular Hausdorff topological space X, an intermediate ring A(X) of continuous functions stands for any ring lying between C<sup>∗</sup>(X) and C(X). It is a rather recently established fact that if A(X) ≠ C(X), then there exist non maximal prime ideals in A(X).We offer an alternative proof of it on using the notion of z◦-ideals. It is realized that a P-space X is discrete if and only if C(X) is identical to the ring of real valued measurable functions defined on the σ-algebra β(X) of all Borel sets in X. Interrelation between z-ideals, z◦-ideal and Ʒ<sub>A</sub>-ideals in A(X) are examined. It is proved that within the family of almost P-spaces X, each Ʒ<sub>A</sub> -ideal in A(X) is a z◦-ideal if and only if each z-ideal in A(X) is a z◦-ideal if and only if A(X) = C(X).</p>