Example of a proper, dense ideal in a unital Banach algebra

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I know that if ${\cal A}$ is a non- unital Banach algebra, then ${\cal A}$ may contain some proper, dense ideals. I need an example of a proper, dense ideal in a unital Banach algebra or show that it does not contain any proper, dense ideal. Please help me. Thanks in advance.

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In a unital Banach algebra the set of invertible elements is open and nonvoid, hence the set of noninvertible elements is closed ( and also nonvoid, since it contains zero). Any proper ideal is contained in the set of noninvertible elements. Hence, no dense proper ideals in a unital Banach algebra.