Multimorphisms on pre-Riesz spaces of continuous functions

In the theory of vector lattices, mostly three classes of lattice ordered algebras are investigated, called f-algebras, d-algebras, and almost-f-algebras. Each class is endowed with a different type of positive bilinear map as the multiplication, namely with bi-orthomorphisms, bi-Riesz homomorphisms, and orthosymmetric maps, respectively. On the space C(K), with K a compact Hausdorff space, representations as weighted composition or integral operators are known. We give generalized definitions of the above mentioned maps in the setting of partially ordered vector spaces, where we deal with n-linear maps. We generalize the representations to the case of certain subspaces of some C(K) space, with K a compact Hausdorff space. With the representations at hand, we deduce basic properties of these maps. The results also cover the case of order unit spaces, which can be seen as order dense subspaces of some C(K) space via the functional representation. (c) 2024 Published by Elsevier Inc.