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...

Let G be a locally compact group, K a compact subgroup of G and A(G/K) the Fourier algebra of the coset space G/K. Applying results from [E. Kaniuth, Weak spectral synthesis in commutative Banach algebras, J. Funct. Anal. 254 (2008), 987-1002], we establish injection and localization theorems relating weak spectral sets and weak Ditkin sets for A(G/K) to such sets for A(H/H ∩ K), where H is a closed subgroup of G. We also prove some results towards the analogue of Malliavin's theorem for weak spectral...

It is shown that if G is a weakly amenable unimodular group then the Banach algebra $A_p^r\left(G\right)=A_p\cap L^r\left(G\right)$, where $A_p\left(G\right)$ is the Figà-Talamanca-Herz Banach algebra of G, is a dual Banach space with the Radon-Nikodym property if 1 ≤ r ≤ max(p,p’). This does not hold if p = 2 and r > 2.

We consider the set $S\left(\mu \right)$ of complex-valued homomorphisms of a uniform algebra $A$ which are weak-star continuous with respect to a fixed measure $\mu$. The $\mu$-parts of $S\left(\mu \right)$ are defined, and a decomposition theorem for measures in $A^{\perp }\cap L^1\left(\mu \right)$ is obtained, in which constituent summands are mutually absolutely continuous with respect to representing measures. The set $S\left(\mu \right)$ is studied for $T$-invariant algebras on compact subsets of the complex plane and also for the infinite polydisc algebra.

In the last decade it has become clear that one of the central themes within Gabor analysis (with respect to general time-frequency lattices) is a duality theory for Gabor frames, including the Wexler-Raz biorthogonality condition, the Ron-Shen duality principle and the Janssen representation of a Gabor frame operator. All these results are closely connected with the so-called Fundamental Identity of Gabor Analysis, which we derive from an application of Poisson's summation formula for the symplectic...