Irreducibility and primality in differentiability classes

Abstract

In this note, we give criteria for the irreducibility of functions in Cm [0, 1], where m ∈ {1, 2, 3, ...} ∪ {∞} ∪ {ω}. We also discuss irreducibility in multivariable differentiability classes. Moreover, we characterize irreducible functions and maximal ideals in C∞ [0, 1]. In fact, irreducible and prime smooth functions are the same, and every maximal ideal of C∞ [0, 1] is principal. © 2023 Michigan State University Press. All rights reserved.