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

Stokke, Ross

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-07-09221-0

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

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), 1477-1487

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-07-09221-0

Published electronically: December 18, 2007

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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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