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For a function algebra A let ∂A be the Shilov boundary, δA the Choquet boundary, p(A) the set of p-points, and |A| = |f|: f ∈ A. Let X and Y be locally compact Hausdorff spaces and A ⊂ C(X) and B ⊂ C(Y) be dense subalgebras of function algebras without units, such that X = ∂A, Y = ∂B and p(A) = δA, p(B) = δB. We show that if Φ: |A| → |B| is an increasing bijection which is sup-norm-multiplicative, i.e. ||Φ(|f|)Φ(|g|)|| = ||fg||, f,g ∈ A, then there is a homeomorphism ψ: p(B) → p(A) with respect...

If X and Y are Banach spaces, then subalgebras ⊂ B(X) and ⊂ B(Y), not necessarily unital nor complete, are called standard operator algebras if they contain all finite rank operators on X and Y respectively. The peripheral spectrum of A ∈ is the set ${\sigma }_{\pi }\left(A\right)=\lambda \in \sigma \left(A\right):\left|\lambda \right|=ma{x}_{z\in \sigma \left(A\right)}\left|z\right|$ of spectral values of A of maximum modulus, and a map φ: → is called peripherally-multiplicative if it satisfies the equation ${\sigma }_{\pi }\left(\phi \left(A\right)\circ \phi \left(B\right)\right)={\sigma }_{\pi }\left(AB\right)$ for all A,B ∈ . We show that any peripherally-multiplicative and surjective map φ: → , neither assumed to be linear nor...