We show that the biflatness—in the sense of A. Ya. Helemskĭı—of the Fourier algebra A(G) of a locally compact groupG forcesG to either have an abelian subgroup of finite index or to be non-amenable without containing F2 as a closed subgroup. An analogous dichotomy is obtained for biprojectivity.

In this paper, we introduce the new concept of biprojectivity of a Banach algebra modulo an ideal, as a generalization of this notion in the classical case. By using it , we obtain some necessary and sufficient conditions for contractibility of Banach algebras modulo an ideal. In particular we characterize the contractibility of quotient Banach algebras. Also we study the relationship between t...