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Multi-norms
We give a survey of the theory of multi-norms, based on a talk given in Tartu on 5 September 2013
Maximal left ideals of the Banach algebra of bounded operators on a Banach space
We address the following two questions regarding the maximal left ideals of
the Banach algebra of bounded operators acting on an
infinite-dimensional Banach pace :
(Q1) Does always contain a maximal left ideal which is not
finitely generated? (Q2) Is every finitely-generated, maximal left ideal of
necessarily of the form \{T\in\mathscr{B}(E): Tx = 0\} (*) for
some non-zero ?
Since the two-sided ideal of finite-rank operators is not
contained in any of the maximal left ideals given by (*), a positive answer to
the second question would imply a positive answer to the first. Our main
results are: (i) Question (Q1) has a positive answer for most (possibly all)
infinite-dimensional Banach spaces; (ii) Question (Q2) has a positive answer if
and only if no finitely-generated, maximal left ideal of
contains ; (iii) the answer to Question (Q2) is positive for
many, but not all, Banach spaces.Comment: to appear in Studia Mathematic
Integration over the quantum diagonal subgroup and associated Fourier-like algebras
By analogy with the classical construction due to Forrest, Samei and Spronk
we associate to every compact quantum group a completely
contractive Banach algebra , which can be viewed as a
deformed Fourier algebra of . To motivate the construction we first
analyse in detail the quantum version of the integration over the diagonal
subgroup, showing that although the quantum diagonal subgroups in fact never
exist, as noted earlier by Kasprzak and So{\l}tan, the corresponding
integration represented by a certain idempotent state on makes
sense as long as is of Kac type. Finally we analyse as an explicit
example the algebras , , associated to Wang's free
orthogonal groups, and show that they are not operator weakly amenable.Comment: Minor updates; Remark 5.7 has been added; 31 page
Maximal left ideals in Banach algebras
Let A be a Banach algebra. Then frequently each maximal left ideal in A is closed, but there are easy examples that show that a maximal left ideal can be dense and of codimension 1 in A. It has been conjectured that these are the only two possibilities: each maximal left ideal in a Banach algebra A is either closed or of codimension 1 (or both). We shall show that this is the case for many Banach algebras that satisfy some extra condition, but we shall also show that the conjecture is not always true by constructing, for each n is an element of N, examples of Banach algebras that have a dense maximal left ideal of codimension n. In particular, we shall exhibit a semi-simple Banach algebra with this property. We shall show that the questions concerning maximal left ideals in a Banach algebra A that we are considering are related to automatic continuity questions: When are A-module homomorphisms from A into simple Banach left A-modules automatically continuous
Amenability of algebras of approximable operators
We give a necessary and sufficient condition for amenability of the Banach
algebra of approximable operators on a Banach space. We further investigate the
relationship between amenability of this algebra and factorization of
operators, strengthening known results and developing new techniques to
determine whether or not a given Banach space carries an amenable algebra of
approximable operators. Using these techniques, we are able to show, among
other things, the non-amenability of the algebra of approximable operators on
Tsirelson's space.Comment: 20 pages, to appear in Israel Journal of Mathematic
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