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Author(s): Nico Spronk
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 130 (2002), 3609-3617.
MSC (2000): Primary 46L07; Secondary 43A07
Posted: June 11, 2002
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Abstract: We show that for any locally compact group

, the Fourier algebra $\mathrm{A}(G)$ is operator weakly amenable.

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Nico Spronk
Affiliation: Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Email: nspronk@math.uwaterloo.ca

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-02-06680-7
PII: S 0002-9939(02)06680-7
Keywords: Fourier algebra, operator space, weakly amenable Banach algebra
Received by editor(s): July 6, 2001
Posted: June 11, 2002
Additional Notes: This work was supported by an Ontario Graduate Scholarship.
Communicated by: David R. Larson
Copyright of article: Copyright 2002, American Mathematical Society

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