Abstract: | Let be a locally compact group, let be its group algebra, let be its usual measure algebra, let be the second dual of with an Arens product, and let be the conjugate of the space of bounded, left uniformly continuous, complex-valued functions on with an Arens-type product. We find all the finite-dimensional left ideals of these algebras. We deduce that such ideals exist in and if and only if is compact, and in (except those generated by right annihilators of ) and if and only if is amenable. |