Seminar - Representations of algebras via Stone duality
School of Mathematics and Statistics Research Seminar
Speaker: Malcolm Jones
Time:
Thursday 23rd July 2026 at 10:00 AM -
11:00 AM
Location:
CO431,
Cotton 431
Groups:
"Mathematics"
"Statistics and Operations Research"
Abstract
Algebras of functions from a topological space to a commutative unital ring (e.g. complex numbers) form a well-understood class of algebras. We can ask which algebras can be represented as (i.e. are isomorphic to) an algebra of functions on some topological space. In this talk, we will explore Keimel's theorem, which answers this question via Stone duality between Boolean algebras and Stone spaces.