<p>For a completely regular Hausdorff topological space X, let C(X, C) be the ring of complex-valued continuous functions on C ∗ (X, its subring bounded functions, and Σ(X, denote collection all rings that lie between C). We show there is natural correlation absolutely convex ideals/ prime ideals/maximal ideals/z-ideals/z ◦ -ideals in P(X, their real-valued counterparts ∩ C(X). These corr...

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Real closed rings-a model theoretic tour 3. Computation of the z-radical in C(X) 4. A sentence in the language of rings separating continuous semi-algebraic from arbitrary continuous functions 5. Super real closed rings: Definition and basic properties 6. Υ-ideals 7. Localization of super real closed rings 8. Application: o-minimal structures on super real closed fie...

for any reduced commutative $f$-ring with identity and bounded inversion, we show that a condition which is obviously necessary for the socle of the ring to coincide with the socle of its bounded part, is actually also sufficient. the condition is that every minimal ideal of the ring consist entirely of bounded elements. it is not too stringent, and is satisfied, for instance, by rings of conti...

an r-module m is called epi-retractable if every submodule of mr is a homomorphic image of m. it is shown that if r is a right perfect ring, then every projective slightly compressible module mr is epi-retractable. if r is a noetherian ring, then every epi-retractable right r-module has direct sum of uniform submodules. if endomorphism ring of a module mr is von-neumann regular, then m is semi-...

For any reduced commutative $f$-ring with identity and bounded inversion, we show that a condition which is obviously necessary for the socle of the ring to coincide with the socle of its bounded part, is actually also sufficient. The condition is that every minimal ideal of the ring consist entirely of bounded elements. It is not too stringent, and is satisfied, for instance, by rings of ...

This paper is devoted to the study of algebraic properties of rings of continuous functions. Our aim is to show that these rings, even if they are highly nonnoetherian, have properties quite similar to the elementary properties of noetherian rings: we give going-up and going-down theorems, a characterization of z-ideals and of primary ideals having as radical a maximal ideal and a flatness crit...

This survey is concerned with the representation of discrete rings and topological algebras (such as C*-algebras) by rings of continuous sections in sheaves of rings or fields of topological algebras.