The Second Duals of Beurling Algebras

H.G. Dales, Anthony To-Ming Lau (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

191 Seiten

2005 | illustrated Edition
American Mathematical Society (Verlag)
978-0-8218-3774-0 (ISBN)

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Let $A$ be a Banach algebra, with second dual space $A""$. We propose to study the space $A""$ as a Banach algebra. There are two Banach algebra products on $A""$, denoted by $/,/Box/,$ and $/,/Diamond/,$. The Banach algebra $A$ is Arens regular if the two products $/Box$ and $/Diamond$ coincide on $A""$. In fact, $A""$ has two topological centers denoted by $/mathfrak{Z}^{(1)}_t(A"")$ and $/mathfrak{Z}^{(2)}_t(A"")$ with $A /subset /mathfrak{Z}^{(j)}_t(A"")/subset A""/;/,(j=1,2)$, and $A$ is Arens regular if and only if $/mathfrak{Z}^{(1)}_t(A"")=/mathfrak{Z}^{(2)}_t(A"")=A""$. At the other extreme, $A$ is strongly Arens irregular if $/mathfrak{Z}^{(1)}_t(A"")=/mathfrak{Z}^{(2)}_t(A"")=A$. We shall give many examples to show that these two topological centers can be different, and can lie strictly between $A$ and $A""$.We shall discuss the algebraic structure of the Banach algebra $(A"",/,/Box/,)V$; in particular, we shall seek to determine its radical and when this algebra has a strong Wedderburn decomposition. We are also particularly concerned to discuss the algebraic relationship between the two algebras $(A"",/,/Box/,)$ and $(A"",/,/Diamond/,)$. Most of our theory and examples will be based on a study of the weighted Beurling algebras $L^1(G,/omega)$, where $/omega$ is a weight function on the locally compact group $G$. The case where $G$ is discrete and the algebra is ${/ell}^{/,1}(G, /omega)$ is particularly important.We shall also discuss a large variety of other examples. These include a weight $/omega$ on $/mathbb{Z}$ such that $/ell^{/,1}(/mathbb{Z},/omega)$ is neither Arens regular nor strongly Arens irregular, and such that the radical of $(/ell^{/,1}(/mathbb{Z},/omega)"", /,/Box/,)$ is a nilpotent ideal of index exactly $3$, and a weight $/omega$ on $/mathbb{F}_2$ such that two topological centers of the second dual of $/ell^{/,1}(/mathbb{F}_2, /omega)$ may be different, and that the radicals of the two second duals may have different indices of nilpotence.

Introduction Definitions and preliminary results Repeated limit conditions Examples Introverted subspaces Banach algebras of operators Beurling algebras The second dual of $/ell^1(G,/omega)$ Algebras on discrete, Abelian groups Beurling algebras on $/mathbb{F}_2$ Topological centres of duals of introverted subspaces The second dual of $L^1(G,/omega)$ Derivations into second duals Open questions Bibliography Index Index of symbols.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.9.2005
Reihe/Serie	Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Providence
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	373 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Algebra
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Analysis
ISBN-10	0-8218-3774-5 / 0821837745
ISBN-13	978-0-8218-3774-0 / 9780821837740
Zustand	Neuware