On p-operator spaces and their applications
by Lee, Jung Jin, Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, 2010, 118 pages; 3452230

Abstract:

There have been a lot of research done on the relationship between locally compact groups and algebras associated with them. For example, Johnson proved that a locally compact group G is amenable if and only if the convolution algebra L1(G) is amenable as a Banach algebra, and Ruan showed that G is amenable if and only if the Fourier algebra A(G) of G is operator amenable. Motivated by Ruan's work, we want to study G through tools from p-operator spaces. We first introduce the p-operator space and various p-operator space tensor products. We then study p-operator space approximation property and p-operator space completely bounded approximation property which are related to p-operator space injective tensor product. We then apply these properties to the study of the pseudofunction algebra PFp(G), the pseudomeasure algebra PMp(G), and the Figà-Talamanca-Herz Algebra Ap( G). Especially we show that if G is discrete, the most of approximation properties for the reduced group C*-algebra [special characters omitted](G), the group von Neumann algebra VN( G), and the Fourier algebra A(G) (related to amenability, weak amenability, and approximation property of G) have natural p-analogues for PF p(G), PMp( G), and Ap(G). With help of Herz's work, we also study the stability of these properties. Finally we discuss the properties Cp, [special characters omitted], and [special characters omitted] which are natural p-analogues of properties C, C', and C".

 
AdvisersZhong-Jin Ruan; Florin Boca
SchoolUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
SourceDAI/B 72-06, p. , May 2011
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsMathematics; Theoretical mathematics
Publication Number3452230
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