Introduction. By a function algebra I shall mean a collection A of complex-valued functions on a set X such that the (pointwise) sum and the product of two functions in A are again in A. We shall always suppose that A contains the constant functions so that A becomes an algebra with unit over the field of complex numbers. A function algebra A is called self-ad joint if the complex conjugate of ...

Projective limits of Banach algebras have been studied sporadically by many authors since 1952, when they were first introduced by Arens [2] and Michael [11]. Projective limits of complex C∗-algebras were first mentioned by Arens [2]. They have since been studied under various names by Wenjen [20], Sya Do-Shin [18], Brooks [4], Inoue [10], Schmüdgen [17], Fritzsche [6–7], Fragoulopoulou [5], Ph...