Let S be an inverse semigroup with the set of idempotents E and S/ ≈ be an appropriate group homomorphic image of S. In this paper we find a one-to-one correspondence between two cohomology groups of the group algebra `1(S) and the semigroup algebra `1(S/ ≈) with coefficients in the same space. As a consequence, we prove that S is amenable if and only if S/ ≈ is amenable. This could be consider...

There are two notions of amenability for discrete equivalence relations. The \global" amenability (which is usually referred to just as \amenability") is the property of existence of leafwise invariant means, which, by a theorem of Connes{Feldman{Weiss, is equivalent to hyperrniteness, or, to being the orbit equivalence relation of a Z-action. The notion of \local" amenability applies to equiva...

We prove that the following are equivalent for a locally compact group G: (i) G is amenable; (ii) M(G) is Connes-amenable; (iii) M(G) has a normal, virtual diagonal.

In this paper we define $varphi$-Connes module amenability of a dual Banach algebra $mathcal{A}$ where $varphi$ is a bounded $w_{k^*}$-module homomorphism from $mathcal{A}$ to $mathcal{A}$. We are mainly concerned with the study of $varphi$-module normal virtual diagonals. We show that if $S$ is a weakly cancellative inverse semigroup with subsemigroup $E$ of idemp...

We prove that the measure algebra M(G) of a locally compact group G is Connesamenable if and only if G is amenable.

In this paper we consider a family of Dirac-type operators on fibration P → B equivariant with respect to an action of an étale groupoid. Such a family defines an element in the bivariant K theory. We compute the action of the bivariant Chern character of this element on the image of Connes’ map Φ in the cyclic cohomology. A particular case of this result is Connes’ index theorem for étale grou...