Stein spaces and Stein algebras
Volume 73 / 2025
Bulletin Polish Acad. Sci. Math. 73 (2025), 183-190
MSC: Primary 32E10; Secondary 32Q56
DOI: 10.4064/ba260107-1-3
Published online: 4 March 2026
Abstract
We prove that the category of Stein spaces and holomorphic maps is anti-equivalent to the category of Stein algebras and $\mathbb C$-algebra morphisms. This removes a finite-dimensionality hypothesis from a theorem of Forster.
