Let A be a universal algebra. A function ϕ Ak-A is called a t-local polynomial function, if ϕ can ve interpolated on any t places of Ak by a polynomial function— for the definition of a polynomial function on A, see Lausch and Nöbauer (1973), Let Pk(A) be the set of the polynomial functions, LkPk(A) the set of all t-local polynmial functions on A and LPk(A) the intersection of all LtPk(A), then . If A is an abelian group, then this chain has at most five distinct members— see Hule and Nöbauer (1977)— and if A is a lattice, then it has at most three distinct members— see Dorninger and Nöbauer (1978). In this paper we show that in the case of commutative rings with identity there does not exist such a bound on the length of the chain and that, in this case, there exist chains of even infinite length.

The set of all nilpotent elements in an IFP near-ring is characterized and necessary and sufficient conditions for the set of all nilpotent elements of an IFP near-ring to form an ideal are obtained.

If a Banach space E admits a Markuschevich basis, then E can be renormed to be locally uniformly rotund. When the coefficient space of the basis is 1-norming, and this norm is very smooth, E is weakly compactly generated.

Let A be a finite dimensional algebra over a field F. Let R and S be biregular algebras over F such that 1R ∈ R and 1S ∈ S. We show that if R/P≃A≃ S/M for each primitive ideal P in A and each primitive ideal M in S then End FR≃ End S implies R≃S.

Let g be a connected reductive linear algebraic group, and let G = gσ be the finite subgroup of fixed points, where σ is the generalized Frobenius endomorphism of g. Let x be a regular semisimple element of G and let w be a corresponding element of the Weyl group W. In this paper we give a formula for the number of right cosets of a parabolic subgroup of G left fixed by x, in terms of the corresponding action of w in W. In case G is untwisted, it turns out thta x fixes exactly as many cosets as does W in the corresponding permutation representation.

We are interested in determining whether two spaces are coabsolute by comparing their Boolean algebras of regular closed sets. It is known that when the spaces are compact Hausdorff they are coabsolute precisely when the Boolean algebras of regular closed sets are isomorphic; but in general this condition is not strong enough to insure that the spaces be coabsolute. In this paper we show that for paracompact Hausdorff spaces, the spaces are coabsolute when the Boolean algebra isomorphism and its inverse ‘preserve’ local finiteness, and for locally compact paracompact Hausdorff spaces, the spaces are coabsolute when the collections of compact regular closed subsets are ‘isomorphic’.