2.2.3. Continuous map [00MN]
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2.2.3. Continuous map
Proposition 2.26.
Let be a homomorphism of Banach -algebras. It induces a continuous map by sending an equivalent class of characters of to the class of characters of . ([Ber, Remark 1.2.2 (iii)])
Lemma 2.27.
If is a homomorphism of Banach -algebras with dense image, then is an injective map whose image is closed.
Proof.
The map is injective since for any two characters , if , then the restriction of and on the image of are equal, hence the two characters are equal by the density of image.
Let which is not in the image of , then : otherwise the character extends to a character by the density of image of . Now there exists , so . For small enough , the basic open set is a neighbourhood of which is not contained in the image of . So the image of is a closed subset in .
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