%0 Journal Article %A Gamboa Mutuberria, José Manuel %T A Positivstellensatz For Rings Of Continuous-Functions %D 1987 %@ 0022-4049 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/64633 %X A one page proof (using the real spectrum) of the following result: Let f, g : X ! R be a continuous functions on a topological space X, such that f is strictly positive on g−1(0).Then there exist continuous functions u, v and w such that (1 + v2)f = 1 + w2 + gu. %~