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Publicacions Matemátiques, Vol 37 (1993), 403-427. NORMAL BASES FOR NON-ARCHIMEDEAN SPACES OF CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS ANN VERDOODT Abstract Kis acomplete non-archimedean valued field and Mis acompact, infinite, subset of K. C(M - K) is the Banach space of continu- ous functions from Mto K, equipped with the supremum norm. Let (p,,(x)) be a sequence of polynomials, with degpn -- n. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for (pn(x)) to be a normal basis for C(M ~K). In the rest of the paper, Kcontains Qp, and Vq is the closure of the set {aqn In =0, 1, 2 . . . } where a and q are two units of Zp, q not a root of unity. We give necessary and suffi- cient conditions for asequence of polynomials (rn (x)) (degrn =n) to be a normal basis for C(Vq - K). Furthermore, if we define x } =1 x } = x a-1)~x q) l~agn-1% n (qn l). . .(q~ -1) ifn1, and if (jn) is a sequence in NO, then we show that the sequence of ~nin (~ forms a normal basis for C(V, -K). n 1. Introduction The main aim of this paper is to find normal bases for spaces of con- tinuous functions. Therefore we start by recalling some definitions and some previous results. Let Kbe a non-archimedean valued field and suppose that K is com- plete for its valuation ¡ .J . Take M C K compact, infinite, and let C(M ~ K) be the Banach space of continuous functions from M to K, equipped with the supremum norm. Let E be a non-archimedean Banac