The topological centers and factorization properties of module actions and ∗−involution\ast-involution algebras

For Banach left and right module actions, we extend some propositions from Lau and $\ddot{U}lger$ into general situations and we establish the relationships between topological centers of module actions. We also introduce the new concepts as $Lw^*w$-property and $Rw^*w$-property for Banach $A-bimodule$ $B$ and we obtain some conclusions in the topological center of module actions and Arens regularity of Banach algebras. we also study some factorization properties of left module actions and we find some relations of them and topological centers of module actions. For Banach algebra $A$, we extend the definition of $\ast-involution$ algebra into Banach $A-bimodule$ $B$ with some results in the factorizations of $B^*$. We have some applications in group algebras

Derivations And Cohomological Groups Of Banach Algebras

Let $B$ be a Banach $A-bimodule$ and let $n\geq 0$. We investigate the relationships between some cohomological groups of $A$, that is, if the topological center of the left module action $\pi_\ell:A\times B\rightarrow B$ of $A^{(2n)}$ on $B^{(2n)}$ is $B^{(2n)}$ and $H^1(A^{(2n+2)},B^{(2n+2)})=0$, then we have $H^1(A,B^{(2n)})=0$, and we find the relationships between cohomological groups such as $H^1(A,B^{(n+2)})$ and $H^1(A,B^{(n)})$, spacial $H^1(A,B^*)$ and $H^1(A,B^{(2n+1)})$. We obtain some results in Connes-amenability of Banach algebras, and so for every compact group $G$, we conclude that $H^1_{w^*}(L^\infty(G)^*,L^\infty(G)^{**})=0$. Let $G$ be an amenable locally compact group. Then there is a Banach $L^1(G)-bimodule$ such as $(L^\infty(G),.)$ such that $Z^1(L^1(G),L^\infty(G))=\{L_{f}:~f\in L^\infty(G)\}.$ We also obtain some conclusions in the Arens regularity of module actions and weak amenability of Banach algebras. We introduce some new concepts as $left-weak^*-to-weak$ convergence property [$=Lw^*wc-$property] and $right-weak^*-to-weak$ convergence property [$=Rw^*wc-$property] with respect to $A$ and we show that if $A^*$ and $A^{**}$, respectively, have $Rw^*wc-$property and $Lw^*wc-$property and $A^{**}$ is weakly amenable, then $A$ is weakly amenable. We also show to relations between a derivation $D:A\rightarrow A^*$ and this new concepts

Improved Online Algorithm for Weighted Flow Time

We discuss one of the most fundamental scheduling problem of processing jobs on a single machine to minimize the weighted flow time (weighted response time). Our main result is a $O(\log P)$-competitive algorithm, where $P$ is the maximum-to-minimum processing time ratio, improving upon the $O(\log^{2}P)$-competitive algorithm of Chekuri, Khanna and Zhu (STOC 2001). We also design a $O(\log D)$-competitive algorithm, where $D$ is the maximum-to-minimum density ratio of jobs. Finally, we show how to combine these results with the result of Bansal and Dhamdhere (SODA 2003) to achieve a $O(\log(\min(P,D,W)))$-competitive algorithm (where $W$ is the maximum-to-minimum weight ratio), without knowing $P,D,W$ in advance. As shown by Bansal and Chan (SODA 2009), no constant-competitive algorithm is achievable for this problem.Comment: 20 pages, 4 figure