Banach algebras on semigroups and on their compactifications /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
H.G. Dales, A.T.-M. Lau, D. Strauss
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Providence, R.I. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
American Mathematical Society,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
v, 165 p. ;
Dimensions
26 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society,
Volume Designation
no. 966
ISSN of Series
0065-9266 ;
GENERAL NOTES
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"May 2010."
Text of Note
"Volume 205, number 966 (end of volume)."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Banach algebras and their second duals -- Semigroups -- Semigroup algebras -- Stone-Cech compactifications -- The semigroup -- Second duals of semigroup algebras -- Related spaces and compactifications -- Amenability for semigroups -- Amenability of semigroup algebras -- Amenability and weak amenability for certain Banach algebras -- Topological centres -- Open problems