In this paper, we give a short survey of results and problems concerning the notion of bounded weak approximate identities in Banach algebras. Also, we introduce a new version of approximate identities and give one illuminating example to show the difference.

Let G be a locally compact group. We use the canonical operator space structure on the spaces L(G) for p ∈ [1,∞] introduced by G. Pisier to define operator space analoguesOAp(G) of the classical Figà-Talamanca–Herz algebrasAp(G). If p ∈ (1,∞) is arbitrary, then Ap(G) ⊂ OAp(G) such that the inclusion is a contraction; if p = 2, then OA2(G) ∼= A(G) as Banach spaces spaces, but not necessarily as ...

Let $mathcal{A}$ be a Banach algebra and $X$ be a Banach $mathcal{A}-$bimodule. We study the notion of approximate $n-$ideal amenability for module extension Banach algebras $mathcal{A}oplus X$. First, we describe the structure of ideals of this kind of algebras and we present the necessary and sufficient conditions for a module extension Banach algebra to be approximately n-ideally amenable.