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Amenability of Banach and C$ ^*$-algebras generated by unitary representations

Author(s): Ross Stokke
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), 1477-1487.
MSC (2000): Primary 22D10, 22D25, 43A30
Posted: December 18, 2007
MathSciNet review: 2367122
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Abstract: We study the amenability of a locally compact group $ G$ in relation to the amenability properties of a variety of $ C^*$-algebras and (quantized/dual) Banach algebras naturally associated to a unitary representation of $ G$.

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Ross Stokke
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Canada R3B 2E9
Email: r.stokke@uwinnipeg.ca

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-07-09221-0
PII: S 0002-9939(07)09221-0
Received by editor(s): July 26, 2006
Posted: December 18, 2007
Additional Notes: This research was supported by NSERC grant 298444-04
Communicated by: N. Tomczak-Jaegermann
Copyright of article: Copyright 2007, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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