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On the other hand, for each $I \in \Omega(A)$, the quotient $A/I$ is a field, so by the \hyperref[Gelfand-Mazur Theorem]{theorem:gelfand-mazur}, it is isomorphic to $\complex$. Thus the canonical projection $A \to A/I \iso \complex$ induces a multiplicative functional on $A$.
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\begin{theorem}[Gleason-Kahane-Żelazko]
\label{theorem:gkz}
Let $A$ be a unital Banach algebra and $\phi \in A^*$, then the following are equivalent:
\begin{enumerate}
\item $\phi$ is a multiplicative linear functional.
\item $\phi(1) = 1$ and $\phi(G(A)) \subset \complex \setminus \bracs{0}$.
\end{enumerate}
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}[Proof, {{\cite[Theorem I.4.5]{Zhu}}}. ]
(1) $\Rightarrow$ (2): \autoref{proposition:multiplicative-unit}.
(2) $\Rightarrow$ (1): Let $x \in A$ and $\lambda \in \complex$ with $|\lambda| > [x]_{sp}$, then $\lambda - x \in G(A)$ and $\phi(\lambda - x) \ne 0$. Therefore $\phi(x) \subset \ol{B(0, [x]_{sp})}$, and $\norm{\phi}_{A^*} = 1$.
Let $x \in \ker \phi$ with $\norm{x}_A \le 1$, and let
\[
f: \complex \to \complex \quad \lambda \mapsto \phi[\exp(\lambda x)] = \sum_{n = 0}^\infty \frac{\phi[(\lambda x)^n]}{n!}
\]
then
\begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
\item $f(0) = \phi(1) = 1$.
\item $Df(0) = \phi(x) = 0$.
\item Since $\norm{x}_A \le 1$, $|f| \le |\exp|$. As $\exp(\lambda x) \in G(A)$ for all $\lambda \in \complex$, $f(\lambda) \ne 0$ for all $\lambda \in \complex$.
\end{enumerate}
By \autoref{proposition:entire-constant}, $f = 1$, and $\phi(x^2) = 0$, so for any $x \in \ker\phi$, $x^2 \in \ker\phi$ as well.
Now, for each $x, y \in A$, there exists $x_0, y_0 \in \ker \phi$ such that $x = x_0 + \phi(x)$ and $y = y_0 + \phi(x)$. In which case,
\begin{align*}
\phi(xy) &= \phi(x_0y_0 + \phi(x)y_0 + \phi(y)x_0 + \phi(x)\phi(y)) \\
&= \phi(x_0y_0) + \phi(x)\phi(y)
\end{align*}
In particular,
\[
\phi(x^2) = \phi(x_0^2) + \phi(x)^2 = \phi(x)^2
\]
To conclude, let $x \in \ker\phi$, $y \in A$, then
\begin{align*}
\phi((x + y)^2) &= (\phi(x + y))^2 = \phi(x)^2 + 2\phi(x)(y) + \phi(y)^2 \\
\phi(xy + yx) &= 2\phi(x)\phi(y)
\end{align*}
so $xy + yx \in \ker\phi$ as well. Finally,
\begin{align*}
(xy + yx)^2 + (xy - yx)^2 &= 2(xyxy + yxyx) \\
&= 2[x(yxy) + y(xyx)] \in \ker \phi
\end{align*}
and $(xy - yx)^2 \in \ker\phi$ as well, and
\[
(\phi(xy - yx))^2 = \phi((xy - yx)^2) = 0
\]
Therefore $2xy = (xy + yx) - (xy - yx) \in \ker \phi$, $\ker \phi$ is an ideal, and $\phi$ is a homomorphism.
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