Abstract:
Let A be a closed subalgebra of the algebra of all complex-valued continuous functions on a compact space X, and suppose A contains the constant functions and separates points of X; let I be a closed ideal of A such that for some linear multiplicative functional φ on A we have the relation 0<‖φ|I‖<1 (for the existence of such an ideal it is sufficient that in the maximal ideal space of the algebra A there exists a Gleason part consisting of at least two points). Then the Banach space A∗∗ is not injective [in particular, A is not a complemented subspace of C(X)].