The cyclic homology H C*(A) of an associative algebra with unit A over a field k of characteristic zero was introduced by A. Connes [C1], and extended to arbitrary commutative rings k in [LQ]. It comes equipped with a natural degree (-2) k-linear map S: HC*(A)~HC*_2(A). We will occasionally write S as SA to indicate dependence on the ring A; the map SA provides HC*(A) with a natural k[u] co-mod...

Leptin’s theorem asserts that a locally compact group is amenable if and only if its Fourier algebra has a bounded (by one) approximate identity. In the language of locally compact quantum groups—in the sense of J. Kustermans and S. Vaes—, it states that a locally compact group is amenable if and only if its quantum group dual is co-amenable. It is an open problem whether this is true for gener...

this paper continues the investigation of the rst author begun in part one. the hereditary properties of n-homomorphism amenability for banach algebras are investigated and the relations between n-homomorphism amenability of a banach algebra and its ide- als are found. analogous to the character amenability, it is shown that the tensor product of two unital banach algebras is n-homomorphism am...

The bounded approximate version of $varphi$-amenability and character amenability are introduced and studied. These new notions are characterized in several different ways, and some hereditary properties of them are established. The general theory for these concepts is also developed. Moreover, some examples are given to show that these notions are different from the others. Finally, bounded ap...

This paper continues the investigation of the rst author begun in part one. The hereditary properties of n-homomorphism amenability for Banach algebras are investigated and the relations between n-homomorphism amenability of a Banach algebra and its ideals are found. Analogous to the character amenability, it is shown that the tensor product of two unital Banach algebras is n-homomorphism amena...

The canonical trace on the reduced C∗-algebra of a discrete group gives rise to a homomorphism from the K-theory of this C∗-algebra to the real numbers. This paper studies the range of this homomorphism. For torsion free groups, the Baum-Connes conjecture together with Atiyah’s L-index theorem implies that the range consists of the integers. We give a direct and elementary proof that if G acts ...

We use the canonical Lipschitz geometry available on the boundary of a hyperbolic group to construct finitely summable Fredholm modules over the crossed product of the boundary action. The procedure yields a full set of representatives of the K-homology of the crossed product, and all of them are p-summable for p in an appropriate range related to the geometry of the boundary. By restricting th...

The canonical trace on the reduced C∗-algebra of a discrete group gives rise to a homomorphism from the K-theory of this C∗-algebra to the real numbers. This paper studies the range of this homomorphism. For torsion free groups, the Baum-Connes conjecture together with Atiyah’s L-index theorem implies that the range consists of the integers. We give a direct and elementary proof that if G acts ...