RC *-fields

It is stated that if a Boolean family W of valuation rings of a field F satisfies the block approximation property (BAP) and a global analog of the Hensel-Rychlick property (THR), in which case F, W is called an RC^*-field, then F is regularly closed with respect to the family W (The-orem 1). It is proved that every pair F, W, where W is a weakly Boolean family of valuation rings of a field F, is embedded in the RC^*-field F₀, W₀ in such a manner that R₀ R₀ F, R₀ W₀ is a continuous map, W₀ is homeomorphic over W to a given Boolean space, and R₀ is a superstructure of R₀ F for every R₀ W₀ (Theorem 2).Translated fromAlgebra i Logika, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 367–386, July-August, 1994.