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\end{enumerate}
\end{definition}
\begin{definition}[Unital Homomorphism]
\label{definition:banach-algebra-unital-homomorphism}
Let $A, B$ be unital Banach algebras and $\phi: A \to B$ be a homomorphism, then $\phi$ is a \textbf{unital homomorphism} if $\phi(1) = 1$.
\end{definition}
\begin{definition}[Unitisation]
\label{definition:unitisation}
Let $A$ be a Banach algebra over $\complex$, and $\tilde A = \complex \oplus A$ with
\[
\iota: A \to \complex \oplus A \quad x \mapsto 0 + x
\]
For each $\lambda + x, \mu + y \in \tilde A$, define
\[
(\lambda + x)(\mu + y) = \lambda \mu + (\lambda x + \mu x + xy)
\]
and
\[
\norm{\lambda + x}_{\tilde A} = |\lambda| \norm{x}_A
\]
then
\begin{enumerate}
\item $\tilde A$ is a unital associative algebra over $\complex$.
\item $\iota: A \to \tilde A$ is a homomorphism.
\item[(U)] For any pair $(B, \phi)$ satisfying (1) and (2), there exists a unique continuous unital homomorphism $\tilde \phi: \tilde A \to B$ such that $\phi(1) = 1$ and the following diagram commutes:
\xymatrix{
\tilde A \ar@{->}[r]^{\tilde \phi } & B \\
A \ar@{->}[u]^{\iota} \ar@{->}[ru]_{\phi} &
}
\item $\iota(A)$ is a closed two-sided ideal of $\tilde A$.
\end{enumerate}
The algebra $\tilde A$ is the \textbf{unitisation} of $A$.
\end{definition}
\begin{proof}
(U): For each $\lambda + x \in \tilde A$, let $\tilde \phi(\lambda + x) = \lamdba + \phi(x)$.
\end{proof}

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\label{proposition:gelfand-transform-gymnastics}
Let $A$ be a commutative unital Banach algebra and $x \in A$, then:
\begin{enumerate}
\item $\Gamma_A$ is a contractive homomorphism.
\item $\Gamma_A(1) = 1$.
\item $x \in G(A)$ if and only if $\Gamma_A x \in G(C(\Omega(A); \complex))$.
\item $(\Gamma_Ax)(\Omega(A)) = \sigma_A(x)$.

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\item $\norm{\phi}_{A^*} = 1$.
\item $\phi(G(A)) \subset \complex \setminus \bracs{0}$.
\end{enumerate}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
(3): For each $x \in G(A)$, $1 = \phi(xx^{-1}) = \phi(x)\phi(x^{-1}) \ne 0$.
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(2): For each $\lambda \in \complex$, $\phi(\lambda 1) = \lambda$, so $\norm{\phi}_{A^*} \le 1$.
\end{proof}
\begin{proposition}
\label{proposition:multiplicative-less-unit}
Let $A$ be a Banach algebra and $\phi \in A^*$ be a multiplicative functional, then $\norm{\phi}_{A^*} \le 1$.
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
Let $\tilde A$ be the unitisation of $A$, then by (U) of the \hyperref[unitisation]{definition:unitisation}, $\phi$ extends to a multiplicative functional $\tilde \phi$ on $\tilde A$. Therefore $\norm{\phi}_{A^*} \le \normn{\tilde \phi}_{{\tilde A}^*} = 1$.
\end{proof}
\begin{definition}[Space of Multiplicative Linear Functionals]
\label{definition:multiplicative-linear-functional-space}
Let $A$ be a unital Banach algebra, then $\Omega(A)$ is the \textbf{space of multiplicative linear functionals}, which is a compact Hausdorff space under the weak-* topology.
Let $A$ be a Banach algebra, then $\Omega(A)$ is the \textbf{space of multiplicative linear functionals}, and with respect to the weak-* topology,
\begin{enumerate}
\item If $A$ is unital, then $\Omega(A)$ is a compact Hausdorff space.
\item $\Omega(A) \cup \bracs{0}$ is a compact Hausdorff space, and $\Omega(A)$ is a LCH space.
\end{enumerate}
\end{definition}
\begin{proof}
By the \hyperref[Banach-Alaoglu Theorem]{theorem:alaoglu}.
(1): By \autoref{proposition:multiplicative-unit}, $\Omega(A)$ is a weak-* closed subset of $\bracsn{\phi \in A^*:\norm{\phi}_{A^*} = 1}$, so it is compact by the \hyperref[Banach-Alaoglu Theorem]{theorem:alaoglu}.
(2): By \autoref{proposition:multiplicative-less-unit}, $\Omega(A) \cup \bracs{0}$ is a weak-* closed subset of $\ol{B_{A^*}(0, 1)}$, so it is compact by the \hyperref[Banach-Alaoglu Theorem]{theorem:alaoglu}.
\end{proof}
\begin{proposition}