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Reference for the Gelfand duality theorem for commutative von Neumann algebras

The Gelfand duality theorem for commutative von Neumann algebras states that the following three categories are equivalent: (1) The opposite category of the category of commutative von Neumann ...
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The functor of continuous functions from compact CW-spaces to the reals

The contravariant functor $C(-)$ given by $$ \hom_{Top}(-,\mathbb{R}):cCW\to Rng $$ where $cCW$ is the category of compact CW complexes is injective on objects. What is known about surjectivity, ...