A topological algebra 𝒜 is
called Riemann algebra if it is topologically isomorphic to the Fréchet algebra 𝒪(R)
of all holomorphic functions on some Riemann surface R.
One obtains a characterization of Riemann algebras by a theorem of R. L.
Carpenter and the Oka-Weil-Cartan theorem; we show that: a uniform Fréchet
algebra 𝒜 whose spectrum is locally compact and connected, is a Riemann algebra if
and only if every closed maximal ideal is principal.