Banach Algebras 97

Banach Algebras 97
Author: Ernst Albrecht
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2012-05-07
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3110802007

The series is aimed specifically at publishing peer reviewed reviews and contributions presented at workshops and conferences. Each volume is associated with a particular conference, symposium or workshop. These events cover various topics within pure and applied mathematics and provide up-to-date coverage of new developments, methods and applications.

Amenable Banach Algebras

Amenable Banach Algebras
Author: Volker Runde
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1071603515

This volume provides readers with a detailed introduction to the amenability of Banach algebras and locally compact groups. By encompassing important foundational material, contemporary research, and recent advancements, this monograph offers a state-of-the-art reference. It will appeal to anyone interested in questions of amenability, including those familiar with the author’s previous volume Lectures on Amenability. Cornerstone topics are covered first: namely, the theory of amenability, its historical context, and key properties of amenable groups. This introduction leads to the amenability of Banach algebras, which is the main focus of the book. Dual Banach algebras are given an in-depth exploration, as are Banach spaces, Banach homological algebra, and more. By covering amenability’s many applications, the author offers a simultaneously expansive and detailed treatment. Additionally, there are numerous exercises and notes at the end of every chapter that further elaborate on the chapter’s contents. Because it covers both the basics and cutting edge research, Amenable Banach Algebras will be indispensable to both graduate students and researchers working in functional analysis, harmonic analysis, topological groups, and Banach algebras. Instructors seeking to design an advanced course around this subject will appreciate the student-friendly elements; a prerequisite of functional analysis, abstract harmonic analysis, and Banach algebra theory is assumed.

Banach Algebras and Their Applications

Banach Algebras and Their Applications
Author: Anthony To-Ming Lau
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2004
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821834711

This proceedings volume is from the international conference on Banach Algebras and Their Applications held at the University of Alberta (Edmonton). It contains a collection of refereed research papers and high-level expository articles that offer a panorama of Banach algebra theory and its manifold applications. Topics in the book range from - theory to abstract harmonic analysis to operator theory. It is suitable for graduate students and researchers interested in Banach algebras.

Proceedings of the Conference on Banach Algebras and Several Complex Variables

Proceedings of the Conference on Banach Algebras and Several Complex Variables
Author: Frederick P. Greenleaf
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1984
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821850342

Contains papers presented at the conference on Banach Algebras and Several Complex Variables held June 21-24, 1983, to honor Professor Charles E Rickart upon his retirement from Yale University. This work includes articles that present advances in topics related to Banach algebras, function algebras and infinite dimensional holomorphy.

Algebraic and Strong Splittings of Extensions of Banach Algebras

Algebraic and Strong Splittings of Extensions of Banach Algebras
Author: William G. Bade
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 129
Release: 1999
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821810588

In this volume, the authors address the following: Let $A$ be a Banach algebra, and let $\sum\:\ 0\rightarrow I\rightarrow\frak A\overset\pi\to\longrightarrow A\rightarrow 0$ be an extension of $A$, where $\frak A$ is a Banach algebra and $I$ is a closed ideal in $\frak A$. The extension splits algebraically (respectively, splits strongly) if there is a homomorphism (respectively, continuous homomorphism) $\theta\: A\rightarrow\frak A$ such that $\pi\circ\theta$ is the identity on $A$. Consider first for which Banach algebras $A$ it is true that every extension of $A$ in a particular class of extensions splits, either algebraically or strongly, and second for which Banach algebras it is true that every extension of $A$ in a particular class which splits algebraically also splits strongly. These questions are closely related to the question when the algebra $\frak A$ has a (strong) Wedderburn decomposition. The main technique for resolving these questions involves the Banach cohomology group $\cal H2(A,E)$ for a Banach $A$-bimodule $E$, and related cohomology groups. Later chapters are particularly concerned with the case where the ideal $I$ is finite-dimensional. Results are obtained for many of the standard Banach algebras $A$.

Banach Algebras and the General Theory of *-Algebras: Volume 1, Algebras and Banach Algebras

Banach Algebras and the General Theory of *-Algebras: Volume 1, Algebras and Banach Algebras
Author: Theodore W. Palmer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 820
Release: 1994-03-25
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780521366373

This is the first volume of a two volume set that provides a modern account of basic Banach algebra theory including all known results on general Banach *-algebras. This account emphasizes the role of *-algebraic structure and explores the algebraic results that underlie the theory of Banach algebras and *-algebras. The first volume, which contains previously unpublished results, is an independent, self-contained reference on Banach algebra theory. Each topic is treated in the maximum interesting generality within the framework of some class of complex algebras rather than topological algebras. Proofs are presented in complete detail at a level accessible to graduate students. The book contains a wealth of historical comments, background material, examples, particularly in noncommutative harmonic analysis, and an extensive bibliography. Volume II is forthcoming.

Lectures on Amenability

Lectures on Amenability
Author: Volker Runde
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2004-10-12
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3540455604

The notion of amenability has its origins in the beginnings of modern measure theory: Does a finitely additive set function exist which is invariant under a certain group action? Since the 1940s, amenability has become an important concept in abstract harmonic analysis (or rather, more generally, in the theory of semitopological semigroups). In 1972, B.E. Johnson showed that the amenability of a locally compact group G can be characterized in terms of the Hochschild cohomology of its group algebra L^1(G): this initiated the theory of amenable Banach algebras. Since then, amenability has penetrated other branches of mathematics, such as von Neumann algebras, operator spaces, and even differential geometry. Lectures on Amenability introduces second year graduate students to this fascinating area of modern mathematics and leads them to a level from where they can go on to read original papers on the subject. Numerous exercises are interspersed in the text.