Added the unitisation.

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Bokuan Li
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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}