Let S be a (discrete) semigroup, and let ` (S) be the Banach algebra which is the semigroup algebra of S. We shall study the structure of this Banach algebra and of its second dual. We shall determine exactly when ` (S) is amenable as a Banach algebra, and shall discuss its amenability constant, showing that there are ‘forbidden values’ for this constant. The second dual of ` (S) is the Banach ...

let a be a banach algebra. a is called ideally amenable if for every closed ideal i of a, the first cohomology group of a with coefficients in i* is trivial. we investigate the closed ideals i for which h1 (a,i* )={0}, whenever a is weakly amenable or a biflat banach algebra. also we give some hereditary properties of ideal amenability.

we study the notion of bounded approximate connes-amenability for‎ ‎dual banach algebras and characterize this type of algebras in terms‎ ‎of approximate diagonals‎. ‎we show that bounded approximate‎ ‎connes-amenability of dual banach algebras forces them to be unital‎. ‎for a separable dual banach algebra‎, ‎we prove that bounded‎ ‎approximate connes-amenability implies sequential approximate...

The Cuntz algebra carries in a natural way the structure of a module algebra over the quantized universal enveloping algebra Uq(g), and the structure of a co-module algebra over the quantum group Gq associated with Uq(g). These two algebraic structures are dual to each other via the duality between Gq and Uq(g).

Let X be a Banach space and T be a bounded linear operator from X to itself (T ∈ B(X)). An operator S ∈ B(X) is a generalised inverse of T if TST = T . In this paper we look at the Jörgens algebra, an algebra of operators on a dual system, and characterise when an operator in that algebra has a generalised inverse that is also in the algebra. This result is then applied to bounded inner product...

We study topological von Neumann regularity and principal von Neumann regularity of Banach algebras. Our main objective is comparing these two types of Banach algebras and some other known Banach algebras with one another. In particular, we show that the class of topologically von Neumann regular Banach algebras contains all $C^*$-algebras, group algebras of compact abelian groups and ...

‎Let $mathcal{A}$ be a commutative Banach algebra and $mathscr{X}$ be a left Banach $mathcal{A}$-module‎. ‎We study the set‎ ‎${rm Dec}_{mathcal{A}}(mathscr{X})$ of all elements in $mathcal{A}$ which induce a decomposable multiplication operator on $mathscr{X}$‎. ‎In the case $mathscr{X}=mathcal{A}$‎, ‎${rm Dec}_{mathcal{A}}(mathcal{A})$ is the well-known Apostol algebra of $mathcal{A}$‎. ‎We s...

a heyting algebra is a distributive lattice with implication and a dual $bck$-algebra is an algebraic system having as models logical systems equipped with implication. the aim of this paper is to investigate the relation of heyting algebras between dual $bck$-algebras. we define notions of $i$-invariant and $m$-invariant on dual $bck$-semilattices and prove that a heyting semilattice is equiva...

We study when certain properties of Banach algebras are stable under ultrapower constructions. In particular, we consider when every ultrapower of A is Arens regular, and give some evidence that this is so if and only if A is isomorphic to a closed subalgebra of operators on a super-reflexive Banach space. We show that such ideas are closely related to whether one can sensibly define an ultrapo...

S. Sherman has shown [4] that if the self adjoint elements of a C* algebra form a lattice under their natural ordering the algebra is necessarily commutative. In this note we extend this result to real Banach algebras with an identity and arbitrary Banach * algebras with an identity. The central fact for a real Banach algebra A is that if the positive cone is defined to be the uniform closure o...