Abstract
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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