Amenable subsemigroups of a locally compact group

Jenkins, Joe W.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1970-0263967-1

Amenable subsemigroups of a locally compact group

Author: Joe W. Jenkins
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 25 (1970), 766-770
MSC: Primary 22.05; Secondary 22.20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1970-0263967-1
MathSciNet review: 0263967
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Abstract: Let $G$ be an amenable locally compact group and $S$ an open subsemigroup of $G$. It is shown that $S$ is amenable if, and only if, the right ideals of $S$ have the finite intersection property.

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