Finite-codimensional Chebyshev subspaces in the complex spaceC(Q)

We consider finite-condimensional Chebyshev subspaces in the complex spaceC(Q), whereQ is a compact Hausdorff space, and prove analogs of some theorems established earlier for the real case by Garkavi and Brown (in particular, we characterize such subspaces). It is shown that if the real spaceC(Q) contains finite-codimensional Chebyshev subspaces, then the same is true of the complex spaceC(Q) (with the sameQ). Translated fromMatermaticheskie Zametki, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 178–191, August, 1997. Translated by V. E. Nazaikinskii