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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2023
Let ${\mathcal A}$ be a Banach algebra, and let
$\varphi $ be a nonzero character on
${\mathcal A}$. For a closed ideal I of
${\mathcal A}$ with
$I\not \subseteq \ker \varphi $ such that I has a bounded approximate identity, we show that
$\operatorname {WAP}(\mathcal {A})$, the space of weakly almost periodic functionals on
${\mathcal A}$, admits a right (left) invariant
$\varphi $-mean if and only if
$\operatorname {WAP}(I)$ admits a right (left) invariant
$\varphi |_I$-mean. This generalizes a result due to Neufang for the group algebra
$L^1(G)$ as an ideal in the measure algebra
$M(G)$, for a locally compact group G. Then we apply this result to the quantum group algebra
$L^1({\mathbb G})$ of a locally compact quantum group
${\mathbb G}$. Finally, we study the existence of left and right invariant
$1$-means on
$ \operatorname {WAP}(\mathcal {T}_{\triangleright }({\mathbb G}))$.