Amenability is a cohomological property of Banach algebras which was introduced by Johnson in [14]. Let A be a Banach algebra, and suppose that X is a Banach A−bimodule such that the following statements hold ∥a · x∥ ≤ ∥a∥∥x∥ and ∥x · a∥ ≤ ∥a∥∥x∥ for each a ∈ A and x ∈ X. We can define the right and left actions of A on dual space X∗ of X via ⟨x, λ · a⟩ = ⟨a · x, λ⟩ ⟨x, a · λ⟩ = ⟨x · a, λ⟩, for...

In a recent talk at CT06 http://faculty.tnstate.edu/sforcey/ct06.htm and in a research proposal at http://faculty.tnstate.edu/sforcey/class_home/research.htm a definition of weak enrichment over a strict monoidal n-category is introduced. We would like to generalize the definition of enrichment in a way which fits naturally into the world of weakened category theory, where multiplication and co...

We study deformations of invertible bimodules and the behavior of Picard groups under deformation quantization. While K0-groups are known to be stable under formal deformations of algebras, Picard groups may change drastically. We identify the semiclassical limit of bimodule deformations as contravariant connections and study the associated deformation quantization problem. Our main focus is on...

We establish an algebra-isomorphism between the complexified Grothendieck ring F of certain bimodule categories over a modular tensor category and the endomorphism algebra of appropriate morphism spaces of those bimodule categories. This provides a purely categorical proof of a conjecture by Ostrik concerning the structure of F . As a by-product we obtain a concrete expression for the structure...

Let A be a Banach algebra and X a Banach A-bimodule, the derivation D : A → X is semi-inner if there are ξ, μ ∈ X such that D(a) = a.ξ − μ.a, (a ∈ A). A is called semi-amenable if every derivation D : A → X∗ is semi-inner. The dual Banach algebra A is Connes semi-amenable (resp. approximately semi-amenable) if, every D ∈ Z1w _ (A,X), for each normal, dual Banach A-bimodule X, is semi -inner (re...

A self-dual algebra is an associative or Lie algebra A together with an A bimodule isomorphism A → A∨op, where A∨ = Homk(A, k), the dual bimodule to A (considered as an A bimodule), and A∨op is the the same underlying k module as A∨ but is an A bimodule whose left operation by an element a ∈ A is the same as the right operation by a on A∨, and similarly with left and right interchanged. This in...