Rings of Continuous Functions

Theobjectiveofthisbookisthesystematicstudyoftheringofallrealvaluedcontinuousfunctionsonarbitrarytopologicalspaces.Greatemphasisisplacedonthestudyofideals,andontheassociatedresidueclassrings.Questionsofextendingcontinuousfunctionsfromasubspacetotheentirespaceariseasanecessaryadjunctandaredealtwithinconsiderabledetail.Manyproblemsprovideadditionalinformationaboutthematerialcoveredinthetext.