Topologies of compact families on the ideal space of a Banach algebra
Let be a family of compact sets in a Banach algebra A such that is stable with respect to finite unions and contains all finite sets. Then the sets , K ∈ define a topology τ() on the space Id(A) of closed two-sided ideals of A. is called normal if in (Id(A),τ()) and x ∈ A╲I imply . (1) If the family of finite subsets of A is normal then Id(A) is locally compact in the hull kernel topology and if moreover A is separable then Id(A) is second countable. (2) If the family of countable compact sets...