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Continuous extensions of tangent vector fields

Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $S^2$ with $\bar{\Omega}\neq S^2$. Suppose a continuous tangent vector field $G$ is given on $\partial \Omega$ with $|G(y)|=1$ for all $y\in \partial \Omega$. Does ...
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Spectrum of continuous functions as a semigroup

Let $X$ be a countable group (with the discrete topology) and let $C_b(X)$ be the ring of continuous bounded functions $X \to \mathbb{R}$. It is known that the maximal spectrum of $C_b(X)$, namely the ...
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Ring of continuous functions is a Jacobson ring

Let $X$ be an infinite discrete topological space. Is $$C_b(X)=\{ f \colon X \to \mathbb{R} \text{ bounded }\}$$ a Jacobson ring ?
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