Projective limits of Banach algebras have been studied sporadically by many authors since 1952, when they were first introduced by Arens [2] and Michael [11]. Projective limits of complex C∗-algebras were first mentioned by Arens [2]. They have since been studied under various names by Wenjen [20], Sya Do-Shin [18], Brooks [4], Inoue [10], Schmüdgen [17], Fritzsche [6–7], Fragoulopoulou [5], Ph...

If X is a topological space, then we let H(X) denote the group of autohomeomorphisms of X equipped with the compact-open topology. For subsets A and B of X we define [A, B] = {h ∈ H(X) : h(A) ⊂ B}, and we recall that the topology on H(X) is generated by the subbasis SX = {[K , O] : K compact, O open in X}. If X is a compact Hausdorff space, then H(X) is a topological group, that is, composition...

We define a Banach algebra A to be dual if A = (A∗) ∗ for a closed submodule A∗ of A∗. The class of dual Banach algebras includes all W ∗-algebras, but also all algebras M(G) for locally compact groups G, all algebras L(E) for reflexive Banach spaces E, as well as all biduals of Arens regular Banach algebras. The general impression is that amenable, dual Banach algebras are rather the exception...

The notion of strongly Lie zero-product preserving maps on normed algebras as a generalization of Lie zero-product preserving maps are dened. We give a necessary and sufficient condition from which a linear map between normed algebras to be strongly Lie zero-product preserving. Also some hereditary properties of strongly Lie zero-product preserving maps are presented. Finally the second dual of...

We investigate the Arens products on the biduals of certain algebras of operators on nonreflexive Banach spaces. To be precise, we study the α-nuclear operators, where α is a tensor norm. This includes the approximable and nuclear operators, and we use these, together with the 2-nuclear operators, as motivating examples. The structure of the two topological centres of the bidual are studied, an...

In this paper, we describe, analyze and compare techniques for extracting spatial knowledge from a terrain model. Specifically, we investigate techniques for extracting a morphological representation from a terrain model based on an approximation of a Morse-Smale complex. A Morse-Smale complex defines a decomposition of a topographic surface into regions with vertices at the critical points and...