@String{j-jucs = "Journal of Universal Computer Science"} @Article{Coquand:jucs_11_12:formal_topotoly_and_constructive, author = "T. Coquand and B. Spitters", title = "Formal {T}opology and {C}onstructive {M}athematics: the {G}elfand and {S}tone-{Y}osida {R}epresentation {T}heorems", abstract = "We present a constructive proof of the Stone-Yosida representation theorem for Riesz spaces motivated by considerations from formal topology. This theorem is used to derive a representation theorem for f-algebras. In turn, this theorem implies the Gelfand representation theorem for C*-algebras of operators on Hilbert spaces as formulated by Bishop and Bridges. Our proof is shorter, clearer, and we avoid the use of approximate eigenvalues.", journal = j-jucs, year = "2005", volume = "11", number = "12", pages = "1932--1944", note = "\url|http://www.jucs.org/jucs_11_12/formal_topotoly_and_constructive|"}