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Biflatness and Pseudo-Amenability of Segal Algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Ebrahim Samei
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, e-mail: samei@usask.ca
Nico Spronk
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, e-mail: nspronk@math.uwaterloo.ca
Ross Stokke
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg MB, e-mail: r.stokke@uwinnipeg.ca
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Abstract

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We investigate generalized amenability and biflatness properties of various (operator) Segal algebras in both the group algebra, ${{L}^{1}}\left( G \right)$, and the Fourier algebra, $A\left( G \right)$, of a locally compact group $G$.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2010

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