Gelfand ring

A Gelfand ring is a specific type of ring that arises in the study of functional analysis and commutative algebra, particularly in the context of commutative Banach algebras. It is named after the mathematician I.M. Gelfand. A Gelfand ring is defined as follows: 1. **Commutative Ring**: A Gelfand ring is a commutative ring \( R \) that is also equipped with a topology.