Some generalizations and unifications of $C_{K}(X)$, $C_ψ(X)$ and $C_{\infty}(X)$ (1210.6521v3)

Abstract: Let $\cal{P}$ be an open filter base for a filter $\cal{F}$ on $X$. We denote by $C^{\cal{P}}(X)$ ($C_{\infty\cal{P}}(X)$) the set of all functions $f\in C(X)$ where $Z(f)$ (${x: |f(x)|< \frac{1}{n}})$ contains an element of $\cal{P}$. First, we observe that every proper subrings in the sense of Acharyya and Ghosh (Topology Proc. 2010) has such form and vice versa. After wards, we generalize some well known theorems about $C_{K}(X), C_{\psi}(X)$ and $C_{\infty}(X)$ for $C^{\cal{P}}(X)$ and $C_{\infty\cal{P}}(X)$. We observe that $C_{\infty\cal{P}}(X)$ may not be an ideal of $C(X)$. It is shown that $C_{\infty\cal{P}}(X)$ is an ideal of $C(X)$ and for each $F\in\cal{F}$, $X\setminus \overline{F}$ is bounded \ifif the set of non-cluster points of the filter $\cal{F}$ is bounded. By this result, we investigate topological spaces for which $C_{\infty\cal{P}}(X)$ is an ideal of $C(X)$ whenever $\cal{P}$=${A\subsetneq X$: $A$ is open and $X\setminus A$ is bounded $}$ (resp., $\cal{P}$=${A\subsetneq X$: $X\setminus A$ is finite $}$). Moreover, we prove that $C^{\cal{P}}(X)$ is an essential (resp., free) ideal \ifif the set ${V:$ $V$ is open and $X\setminus V\in\mathcal{F}}$ is a $\pi$-base for $X$ (resp., $\mathcal{F}$ has no cluster point). Finally, the filter $\cal{F}$ for which $C_{\infty\cal{P}}(X)$ is a regular ring (resp., $z$-ideal) is characterized.