G. Elliott extended the classification theory of -algebras to certain real rank zero inductive limits of subhomogeneous -algebras with one dimensional spectrum. We show that this class of -algebras is not closed under extensions. The relevant obstruction is related to the torsion subgroup of the -group. Perturbation and lifting results are provided for certain subhomogeneous -algebras.
We prove that under some topological assumptions (e.g. if M has nonempty interior in X), a convex cone M in a linear topological space X is a linear subspace if and only if each convex functional on M has a convex extension on the whole space X.
We present two types of representation theorems: one for linear continuous operators on space of Banach valued regulated functions of several real variables and the other for bilinear continuous operators on cartesian products of spaces of regulated functions of a real variable taking values on Banach spaces. We use generalizations of the notions of functions of bounded variation in the sense of Vitali and Fréchet and the Riemann-Stieltjes-Dushnik or interior integral. A few applications using geometry...