Let X be a compact Hausdorff space and C(X) the space of continuous functions defined on X. There are three versions of the Banach-Stone theorem. They assert that the Banach space geometry, the ring structure, and the lattice structure of C(X) determine the topological structure of X, respectively. In particular, the lattice version states that every disjointness preserving linear bijection T from C(X) onto C(Y) is a weighted composition operator Tf = h . f which provides a homeomorphism from Y onto X. In this note, we manage to use basically algebraic arguments to give this lattice version a short new proof. In this way, all three versions of the Banach-Stone theorem are unified in an algebraic framework such that different isomorphisms preserve different ideal structures of C(X).

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In this paper, we give a complete description of the structure of zero product and orthogonality preserving linear maps between W*-algebras. In particular, two W*-algebras are *-isomorphic if and only if there is a bijective linear map between them preserving their zero product or orthogonality structure in two directions. It is also the case when they have equivalent linear and left (right) ideal structures.

In this paper, let E be a reflexive and strictly convex Banach space which either is uniformly smooth or has a weakly continuous duality map. We consider the hybrid viscosity approximation method for finding a common fixed point of an infinite family of nonexpansive mappings in E. We prove the strong convergence of this method to a common fixed point of the infinite family of nonexpansive mappings, which solves a variational inequality on their common fixed point set. We also give a weak convergence theorem for the hybrid viscosity approximation method involving an infinite family of nonexpansive mappings in a Hilbert space. MSC:47H17, 47H09, 47H10, 47H05.

Recently, Kawasaki and Takahashi (J. Nonlinear Convex Anal. 14:71-87, 2013) defined a broad class of nonlinear mappings, called widely more generalized hybrid, in a Hilbert space which contains generalized hybrid mappings (Kocourek <i>et al.</i> in Taiwan. J.Math. 14:2497-2511, 2010) and strict pseudo-contractive mappings (Browder and Petryshyn in J. Math. Anal. Appl. 20:197-228, 1967). They proved fixed point theorems for such mappings. In this paper, we prove fixed point theorems for widely more generalized hybrid non-self mappings in a Hilbert space by using the idea of Hojo <i>et al.</i> (Fixed Point Theory 12:113-126, 2011) and Kawasaki and Takahashi fixed point theorems (J.Nonlinear Convex Anal. 14:71-87, 2013). Using these fixed point theorems for non-self mappings, we proved the Browder and Petryshyn fixed point theorem (J.Math. Anal. Appl. 20:197-228, 1967) for strict pseudo-contractive