Commutative Banach Algebras with Idempotent Maximal Ideals

Abstract

Letbe a commutative Banach algebra over the complex fieldC,Man ideal of. Denote byM2the set of all finite linear combinations of products of elements fromM.Mwill be termed idempotent ifM2=M. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the structure of commutative Banach algebras in which all maximal ideals are idempotent.