Let X be a topological space, E a real or complex topological vector space, and C(X, E) the vector space of all bounded continuous E-valued functions on X; when E is the real or complex field this space will be denoted by C(X). The notion of the strict topology on C(X, E) was first introduced by Buck (1) in 1958 in the case of X locally compact and E a locally convex space. In recent years a large number of papers have appeared in the literature concerned with extending the results contained in Buck's paper. In particular, a number of these have considered the problem of characterising the strictly continuous linear functional on C(X, E); see, for example, (2), (3), (4) and (8). In this paper we suppose that X is a completely regular Hausdorff space and that E is a Hausdorff topological vector space with a non-trivial dual E′. The main result established is Theorem 3.2, where we prove a representation theorem for the strictly continuous linear functionals on the subspace Ctb(X, E) which consists of those functions f in C(X, E) such that f(X) is totally bounded.

Let (G, τ ) be a commutative Hausdorff locally solid lattice group. In this paper we prove the following:(1) If (G, τ ) has the A(iii)-property, then its completion (Ĝ,τ ) is an ordercomplete locally solid lattice group.(2) If G is order-complete and τ has the Fatou property, then the order intervals of G are τ -complete.(3) If (G, τ ) has the Fatou property, then G is order-dense inĜ and (Ĝ,τ ) has the Fatou property.(4) The order-bound topology on any commutative lattice group is the finest locally solid topology on it.As an application, a version of the Nikodym boundedness theorem for set functions with values in a class of locally solid topological groups is established.2000 Mathematics subject classification: Primary 54H12; Secondary 54H11, 28B15.

LetAbe anA*-algebra and letdenote its auxiliary norm closure. The multiplier algebras of dualA*-algebras of the first kind have been studed by Tomiuk [12], [13] and Wong[15]. In this paper we study the double multiplier algebra ofA*-algebras of the first kind. In particular, we prove that, ifAis anA*-algebra of the first kind, then the double multiplier algebraM(A) ofAis *-isomorphic and (auxiliary norm) isometric to a subalgebra ofM(), extending in the process some results established by Tomiuk[12]. We also consider the embedding of the double multiplier algebra ofAin**, when the latter is regarded as an algebra with the Arens product, and, in particular, we show that, for an annihilator A*-algebra,M(A) is *-isomorphic and (auxiliary norm) isometric to**.

In recent years versions of the Lebesgue and the Hewitt-Yosida decomposition theorems have been proved for group-valued measures. For example, Traynor [4], [6] has established Lebesgue decomposition theorems for exhaustive groupvalued measures on a ring using (1) algebraic and (2) topological notions of continuity and singularity, and generalizations of the Hewitt-Yosida theorem have been given by Drewnowski [2], Traynor [5] and Khurana [3]. In this paper we consider group-valued submeasures and in particular we have established a decomposition theorem from which analogues of the Lebesgue and Hewitt-Yosida decomposition theorems for submeasures may be derived. Our methods are based on those used by Drewnowski in [2] and the main theorem established generalizes Theorem 4.1 of [2].

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