Uniqueness of complete norms for quotients of Banach function algebras
We prove that every quotient algebra of a unital Banach function algebra A has a unique complete norm if A is a Ditkin algebra. The theorem applies, for example, to the algebra A (Γ) of Fourier transforms of the group algebra of a locally compact abelian group (with identity adjoined if Γ is not compact). In such algebras non-semisimple quotients arise from closed subsets E of Γ which are sets of non-synthesis. Examples are given to show that the condition of Ditkin cannot be relaxed. We construct...