Let X be a completely regular space and let A(X) be a ring of continuous real-valued functions onX which is closed under local bounded inversion. We show that the structure space of A(X) is homeomorphic to a quotient of the Stone–Čech compactification of X. We use this result to show that any realcompactification of X is homeomorphic to a subspace of the structure space of some ring of continuo...

We present a categorical approach to the extension of probabilities, i.e. normed σ-additive measures. J. Novák showed that each bounded σ-additive measure on a ring of sets is sequentially continuous and pointed out the topological aspects of the extension of such measures on over the generated σ-ring σ( ): it is of a similar nature as the extension of bounded continuous functions on a complete...

‎for a given measure space $(x,{mathscr b},mu)$ we construct all measure spaces $(y,{mathscr c},lambda)$ in which $(x,{mathscr b},mu)$ is embeddable‎. ‎the construction is modeled on the ultrafilter construction of the stone--v{c}ech compactification of a completely regular topological space‎. ‎under certain conditions the construction simplifies‎. ‎examples are given when this simplification o...