We prove that no proper Segal algebra of a SIN group is approximately amenable.

Given a morphism T from a Banach algebra ℬ to a commutative Banach algebra 𝒜, a multiplication is defined on the Cartesian product space 𝒜×ℬ perturbing the coordinatewise product resulting in a new Banach algebra 𝒜×Tℬ. The Arens regularity as well as amenability (together with its various avatars) of 𝒜×Tℬ are shown to be stable with respect to T.

By introducing a new notion of approximate biprojectivity we show that nilpotent ideals in approximately amenable or pseudo-amenable Banach algebras, and nilpotent ideals with the nilpotency degree larger than two in biflat Banach algebras cannot have the special property which we call ‘property (𝔹)’ (Definition 5.2 below) and hence, as a consequence, they cannot be boundedly approximately complemented in those Banach algebras.

For a locally compact group G and an arbitrary subset J of [1,∞], we introduce ILJ(G) as a subspace of ⋂ p∈JLp(G) with some norm to make it a Banach space. Then, for some special choice of J, we investigate some topological and algebraic properties of ILJ(G) as a Banach algebra under a convolution product.

We demonstrate that I0(SL(2,ℝ)) fails to be approximately weakly amenable.