φ\varphi-contractibility and φ\varphi-Connes amenability coincide with some older notions

It is shown that various definitions of $\varphi$-Connes amenability as introduced independently in \cite{Gh-Ja, mah, Sh-Am}, are just rediscovering existing notions and presenting them in different ways. It is also proved that even $\varphi$-contractibility as defined in \cite{Sangani}, is equivalent to an older and simpler concept.Comment: 4 page

Character Connes amenability of dual Banach algebras

summary:We study the notion of character Connes amenability of dual Banach algebras and show that if $A$ is an Arens regular Banach algebra, then $A^{**}$ is character Connes amenable if and only if $A$ is character amenable, which will resolve positively Runde's problem for this concept of amenability. We then characterize character Connes amenability of various dual Banach algebras related to locally compact groups. We also investigate character Connes amenability of Lau product and module extension of Banach algebras. These help us to give examples of dual Banach algebras which are not Connes amenable