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The Operator Biprojectivity of the Fourier Algebra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Peter J. Wood
Peter J. Wood*
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, email: pwood@uwaterloo.ca
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Abstract

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In this paper, we investigate projectivity in the category of operator spaces. In particular, we show that the Fourier algebra of a locally compact group $G$ is operator biprojective if and only if $G$ is discrete.

Keywords

13D0318G2543A9546L0722D99locally compact groupFourier algebraoperator spaceprojective
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 54 , Issue 5 , 01 October 2002 , pp. 1100 - 1120
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2002

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