Department of Mathematics, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Pondicherry--605014, India ; Department of Mathematics, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Pondicherry--605014, India
Abstract:
We give a new and a simple proof of proximinality for -ideals. Unlike the known proofs, our proof derives proximinality of -ideals directly from the definition of an -ideal, using the Bishop-Phelps theorem.