The space of class $\alpha$ Baire functions

Abstract

Let X, Y be compact Hausdorff spaces and B£(X), B*(Y)f 0 < a, |3 < 12 (the first uncountable ordinal), the associated Banach spaces of bounded real-valued Baire functions of classes a and 0. If B*(X) =£ B*AX) (which is the case if a =£ 0 and X is not dispersed), then B*(X) is neither linearly isometric to BQ(Y) nor equivalent to B^(Y) in several other ways. B^(X) is linearly isometric to B%(Y) if and only if X is Baire isomorphic to Y. For 1 < a < ft the maximal ideal space of B£(X) for a nondispersed compact space X As not an F-space. 1. Let I bea compact (more generally, completely regular) Hausdorff space and C(X) the space of continuous real-valued functions on X. Let B0(X) = C(X)9 and inductively define Ba(X) for each ordinal a < Q, (Q denotes the first uncountable ordinal) to be the space of pointwise limits of sequences of functions in U | < a B^(X). Let B*(X) be the space of bounded functions contained in Ba(X). With the pointwise operations Ba(X) and B*(X) are lattice-ordered algebras. With the supremum norm B*(X) is a Banach algebra (see [4, §41]). The Baire sets of X of multiplicative class a, denoted by Za(X)9 are defined to be the zero sets of functions in B*(X). Those of additive class a, denoted by CZa(X), are defined as the complements of sets in Za(X). Finally, those of ambiguous class a, denoted by Aa(X), are the sets which are simultaneously in Za(X) and CZa(X). With the set-theoretic operations of union and intersection, Aa(X) is a Boolean algebra for each a < 12. The sets of exactly ambiguous class a, denoted by EAa(X are those in ^ a ( Z ) U ^ < a Ac(X). The sets of exactly additive and exactly multiplicative class a are defined analogously. The class of all Baire subsets of X is AMS (MOS) subject classifications (1970). Primary 06A65, 26A21, 28A05, 46E1S, 46E30, 46J10, 54C50, 54H05; Secondary 04A15.