This work introduces the concept of an M-complete approximate identity (M-cai) for a given operator subspace X of an operator space Y. M-cai's generalize central approximate identities in ideals in C *-algebras, for it is proved that if X admits an M-cai in Y , then X is a complete M-ideal in Y. It is proved, using " special " M-cai's, that if J is a nuclear ideal in a C *-algebra A, then J is ...

We approximate functions defined on smooth bounded domains by elements of the eigenspaces Laplacian or Stokes operator in such a way that approximations are and converge both Sobolev Lebesgue spaces. prove an abstract result referred to fractional power spaces positive, self-adjoint, compact-inverse operators Hilbert spaces, then obtain our main using explicit form these for Dirichlet operators...

It has been established by Inoue that a complex locally C*-algebra with a dense ideal posesses a bounded approximate identity which belonges to that ideal. It has been shown by Fritzsche that if a unital complex locally C*-algebra has an unbounded element then it also has a dense one-sided ideal. In the present paper we obtain analogues of the aforementioned results of Inoue and Fritzsche for r...

In this article we study two different generalizations of von Neumann regularity, namely strong topological regularity and weak regularity, in the Banach algebra context. We show that both are hereditary properties and under certain assumptions, weak regularity implies strong topological regularity. Then we consider strong topological regularity of certain concrete algebras. Moreover we obtain ...

We give suucient conditions to approximate the \nonessential" spectrum of a bounded operator L acting on a Banach space B by part of the spectra of a sequence of compact (or nite rank) operators L j = (Id ? j)L(Id ? j), where Id ? j is a suitable family of uniformly bounded operators which approach the identity. (By nonessential spectrum we mean here all the spectrum outside of the disc of radi...

Let X be a non-degenerate left Banach module over a normed algebra A having a bounded approximate left identity. We show that, if A is a left ideal of a larger algebra, then this representation can be extended to a representation of the larger algebra. Based on this result, we study in detail the existence and properties of representations of the various centralizer algebras of A which are comp...

We prove that a homogeneous Banach space B on the unit circle T can be embedded as a closed subspace of a dual space ΞB contained in the space of bounded Borel measures on T in such a way that the map B → ΞB defines a bijective correspondence between the class of homogeneous Banach spaces on T and the class of prehomogeneous Banach spaces on T. We apply our results to show that the algebra of a...

Let X be a non-degenerate left Banach module over a normed algebra A having a bounded approximate left identity. We show that, if A is a left ideal of a larger algebra, then this representation can be extended to a representation of the larger algebra. Based on this result, we study in detail the existence and properties of representations of the various centralizer algebras of A which are comp...