On extendibility and decomposability of certain *-linear maps into C (X)

Abstract: We consider -linear maps into a commutative C-algebra C (X) of continuous functions on a locally compact Hausdorff space X with certain specified properties and prove two results: (1) an extension result for a class of *-linear maps Y --> C (X) which may be called of locally compact type (locally finite) with respect to an inclusion Y < X of normed vector spaces, and (2) a minimal decomposition for certain *-linear maps into C (X) (absolutely continuous) as a difference of two positive maps.