Let $R$ be a ring, $n$ an non-negative integer and $d$ positive or $\infty$. A right $R$-module $M$ is called \emph{$(n,d)^*$-projective} if ${\rm Ext}^1_R(M, C)=0$ for every $n$-copresented $C$ of injective dimension $\leq d$; ring \emph{right $(n,d)$-cocoherent} with $id(C)\leq d$ $(n+1)$-copresented; $(n,d)$-cosemihereditary} whenever $0\rightarrow C\rightarrow E\rightarrow A\rightarrow 0$ e...

A Banach space is injective (resp. a (Pi space) if every isomorphic (resp. isometric) imbedding of it in an arbitrary Banach space Y is the range of a bounded (resp. norm-one) linear projection defined on Y. In §1 we study linear topological properties of injective Banach spaces and the spaces C(S) themselves; in §2 we study their conjugate spaces. (Throughout, " S " denotes an arbitrary compac...

It is no exaggeration to say that the theory of separably injective spaces is quite different from that of injective spaces. In this chapter we will explain why. Indeed, we will enter now in the main topic of the monograph, namely, separably injective spaces and their “universal” version. After giving the main definitions and taking a look at the first natural examples one encounters, we presen...

It is no exaggeration to say that the theory of separably injective spaces is quite different from that of injective spaces. In this chapter we will explain why. Indeed, we will enter now in the main topic of the monograph, namely, separably injective spaces and their “universal” version. After giving the main definitions and taking a look at the first natural examples one encounters, we presen...

The local multiplier C*-algebra Mloc(A) of any C*-algebra A can be ∗-isomorphicly embedded into the injective envelope I(A) of A in such a way that the canonical embeddings of A into both these C*-algebras are identified. If A is commutative then Mloc(A) ≡ I(A). The injective envelopes of A and Mloc(A) always coincide, and every higher order local multiplier C*-algebra of A is contained in the ...

A theory of di erential characters is developed for manifolds with boundary. This is done from both the Cheeger-Simons and the deRham-Federer viewpoints. The central result of the paper is the formulation and proof of a Lefschetz-Pontrjagin Duality Theorem, which asserts that the pairing c IHk(X; @X) c IHn k 1(X) ! S1 given by ( ; ) 7! ( ) [X] induces isomorphisms D : c IHk(X; @X)! Hom1(c IHn k...