Approximate Identities for Ideals of Segal Algebras on A Compact Group

We show that every closed ideal of a Segal algebra on a compact group admits a central approximate identity which has the property, called condition (U), that the induced multiplication operators converge to the identity operator uniformly on compact sets of the ideal. This result extends a known one due to H. Reiter who has considered the problem under the condition that the Segal algebra is symmetric. We prove further that a closed right ideal of a Segal algebra on a compact group admits a left approximate identity satisfying condition (U) if and only if it is approximately complemented as a subspace of the Segal algebra; if in addition the Segal algebra is symmetric, then a closed left ideal admits a right approximate identity satisfying condition (U) if and only if it is approximately complemented.     

Operator space structure on Feichtinger's Segal algebra

We extend the definition, from the class of abelian groups to a general locally compact group G, of Feichtinger's remarkable Segal algebra S₀(G). In order to obtain functorial properties for non-abelian groups, in particular a tensor product formula, we endow S₀(G) with an operator space structure. With this structure S₀(G) is simultaneously an operator Segal algebra of the Fourier algebra A(G), and of the group algebra L¹(G). We show that this operator space structure is consistent with the major functorial properties: (i) completely isomorphically (operator projective tensor product), if H is another locally compact group; (ii) the restriction map is completely surjective, if H is a closed subgroup; and (iii) is completely surjective, where N is a normal subgroup and . We also show that S₀(G) is an invariant for G when it is treated simultaneously as a pointwise algebra and a convolutive algebra.     

Power boundedness in Fourier and Fourier-Stieltjes algebras and other commutative Banach algebras

We study power boundedness in the Fourier and Fourier-Stieltjes algebras, A(G) and B(G), of a locally compact group G as well as in some other commutative Banach algebras. The main results concern the question of when all elements with spectral radius at most one in any of these algebras are power bounded, the characterization of power bounded elements in A(G) and B(G) and also the structure of the Gelfand transform of a single power bounded element.     

Weakly compact homomorphisms of regular Banach algebras

Let A be a uniformly regular Ditkin algebra. It is shown that every weakly compact homomorphism of A into a Banach algebra is finite-dimensional.     

The Banach algebras generated by operators with one-point spectrum

In this article, we present some results related to the structure of Banach algebras generated by operators with one-point spectrum.     

Questions concerning matrix algebras and invariance of spectrum

Proceedings - Mathematical Sciences - LetA andB be unital Banach algebras withA a subalgebra ofB. Denote the algebra of alln xn matrices with entries fromA byM n (A). In this paper we prove some...     

Contractive projections on Banach algebras

In this paper, we explore the properties of projections of norm one on general Banach algebras, in particular the relation with conditional expectations for algebras which arise in harmonic analysis.     

Some G-M-type Banach spaces and K-groups of operator algebras on them

By providing several new varieties of G-M-type Banach spaces according todecomposable and compoundable properties, this paper discusses the operator structuresof these spaces and the K-theory of the algebra of the operators on these G-M-type Ba-nach spaces through calculation of the K-groups of the operator ideals contained in theclass of Riesz operators.     

Topological centers of certain dual algebras

Let be a Banach algebra with a bounded approximate identity. Let and be, respectively, the topological centers of the algebras and . In this paper, for weakly sequentially complete Banach algebras, in particular for the group and Fourier algebras and , we study the sets , , the relations between them and with several other subspaces of or .

     

Single elements in Banach algebras

This paper provides an abstract characterization of quasitriangular algebras of operators on a separable Hilbert space. The main tool used is the (purely algebraic) concept of a single element. An element s of an algebra A is called single element of A if whenever asb=0 for some a, b in A, at least one of as,sb is zero. A part of this work is of independent interest and this is an attempt to determine an involution in a Banach algebra.     

Sufficient conditions for the projective freeness of Banach algebras

Let R be a unital semi-simple commutative complex Banach algebra, and let M(R) denote its maximal ideal space, equipped with the Gelfand topology. Sufficient topological conditions are given on M(R) for R to be a projective free ring, that is, a ring in which every finitely generated projective R-module is free. Several examples are included, notably the Hardy algebra H^∞(X) of bounded holomorphic functions on a Riemann surface of finite type, and also some algebras of stable transfer functions arising in control theory.     

On the radical for some class of Banach algebras

Let A be a complex Banach algebra. It is well known that the second dual A** of A can be equipped with a multiplication that extends the original multiplication on A and makes A** a Banach algebra. We show that Rad(A) = ^⊥(A ^* · A) and Rad(A ^**) = (A ^* · A)^⊥ for some classes of Banach algebras A with scattered structure space. Some applications of these results are given.     

Dominions of universal algebras and projective properties

Let A be a universal algebra and H its subalgebra. The dominion of H in A (in a class {ie304-01}) is the set of all elements a ∈ A such that every pair of homomorphisms f, g: A → ∈ {ie304-02} satisfies the following: if f and g coincide on H, then f(a) = g(a). A dominion is a closure operator on a set of subalgebras of a given algebra. The present account treats of closed subalgebras, i.e., those subalgebras H whose dominions coincide with H. We introduce projective properties of quasivarieties which are similar to the projective Beth properties dealt with in nonclassical logics, and provide a characterization of closed algebras in the language of the new properties. It is also proved that in every quasivariety of torsion-free nilpotent groups of class at most 2, a divisible Abelian subgroup H is closed in each group 〈H, a〉 generated by one element modulo H. Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 47, No. 5, pp. 541–557, September–October, 2008.     

Amenability constants for semilattice algebras

For any finite commutative idempotent semigroup S, a semilattice, we show how to compute the amenability constant of its semigroup algebra ℓ ¹(S). This amenability constant is always of the form 4n+1. We then show that these give lower bounds to amenability constants of certain Banach algebras graded over semilattices. We also give example of a commutative Clifford semigroups G _n whose semigroup algebras ℓ ¹(G _n ) admit amenability constants of the form 41+4(n−1)/n. We also show there is no commutative semigroup whose semigroup algebra has an amenability constant between 5 and 9. N. Spronk’s research was supported by NSERC Grant 312515-05.     

Fourier algebras on locally compact hypergroups

In the present paper we introduce a new definition for the Fourier space A (K) of a locally compact Hausdorff hypergroup K and prove that it is a Banach subspace of B (K). This definition coincides with that of Amini and Medghalchi in the case where K is a tensor hypergroup, and also with that of Vrem which is given only for compact hypergroups. We prove that A_p (K)* = PM_q (K), where q is the exponent conjugate to p, in particular A (K)* = VN (K). Also we show that for Pontryagin hypergroups, A (K) = L²(K) * L²(K) = F (L¹( )), where F stands for the Fourier transform on . Furthermore there is an equivalent norm on A (K) which makes A (K) into a Banach algebra isomorphic with L¹( ). (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A structure of ring homomorphisms on commutative Banach algebras

We give a structure theorem for a ring homomorphism of a commutative regular Banach algebra into another commutative Banach algebra. In particular, it is shown that:

(i)

A ring homomorphism of a commutative -algebra onto another commutative -algebra with connected infinite Gelfand space is either linear or anti-linear.

(ii)

A ring automorphism of is either linear or anti-linear.

(iii)

, and the disc algebra are neither ring homomorphic images of nor .

     

Diagonal invariant ideals of Toeplitz algebras on discrete groups

Diagonal invariant ideals of Toeplitz algebras defined on discrete groups are introduced and studied. In terms of isometric representations of Toeplitz algebras associated with quasi-ordered groups, a character of a discrete group to be amenable is clarified. It is proved that whenG is Abelian, a closed twosided non-trivial ideal of the Toeplitz algebra defined on a discrete Abelian ordered group is diagonal invariant if and only if it is invariant in the sense of Adji and Murphy, thus a new proof of their result is given.     

On ideal extensions of partial monounary algebras

In the present paper we introduce the notion of an ideal of a partial monounary algebra. Further, for an ideal (I, f _I ) of a partial monounary algebra (A, f _A ) we define the quotient partial monounary algebra (A, f _A )/(I, f _I ). Let (X, f _X ), (Y, f _Y ) be partial monounary algebras. We describe all partial monounary algebras (P, f _P ) such that (X, f _X ) is an ideal of (P, f _P ) and (P, f _P )/(X, f _X ) is isomorphic to (Y, f _Y ). This work was supported by the Slovak VEGA Grant No. 1/3003/06 and by the Science and Technology Assistance Agency under the contract No. APVT-20-004104.