filters of coz(x)

In this article we investigate filters of cozero sets for real-valued continuous functions, called coz-filters. much is known for z-ultrafilters and their correspondence with maximal ideals of c(x). similarly, a correspondence will be established between coz-ultrafilters and minimal prime ideals of c(x). we will further notice various properties of coz-ultrafilters in relation to p-spaces and f-spaces. in the last two sections, the collection of cozultrafilters will be topologized, and then compared to the hull-kernel and the inverse topologies placed on the collection of minimal prime ideals of c(x) and general lattice-ordered groups.