It will be shown that for 1 < p < 2 the Schatten p-class is isometrically isomorphic to a subspace of the predual of a von Neumann algebra. Similar results hold for non-commutative Lp(N, τ)-spaces defined by a finite trace on a finite von Neumann algebra. The embeddings rely on a suitable notion of p-stable processes in the non-commutative setting. Introduction and Notation The theory of p-stab...

in this paper, we show that every surjective $n$-homomorphism ($n$-anti-homomorphism) from a banach algebra $a$ into a semisimple banach algebra $b$ is continuous.

A Banach algebra A with radical R is said to have property (S) if the natural mapping from the algebraic tensor product 2 A ® A onto A is open, when A ® A is given the protective norm. The purpose of this note is to provide a counterexample to Zinde's claim that when A is commutative and R is one dimensional the fulfillment of property (S) in A implies its fulfillment in the quotient algebra A/R .

Different versions of Wiener’s Tauberian theorem are discussed for the generalized group algebra LI(G,A) (of integrable functions on a locally compact abelian group G taking values in a commutative semisimple regular Banach algebra A) using A-valued Fourier transforms. A weak form of Wiener’s Tauberian property is introduced and it is proved that LI(G,A) is weakly Tauberian if and only if A is....

Although derivations from Banach algebras to particular coefficient modules have been much studied, interest has usually focused on the existence or otherwise of non-trivial bounded derivations, rather than their characterisation. Even in the special case of derivations from a commutative Banach algebra to its dual (as in [2] or [5] for example), there are comparatively few examples where the s...

Let A be a Banach algebra and X be a Banach A-bimodule. In this paper, we define a new product on $Aoplus X$ and generalize the module extension Banach algebras. We  obtain characterizations of Arens regularity, commutativity, semisimplity, and study the ideal structure and derivations of this new Banach algebra.

motivated by an arens regularity problem, we introduce the concepts of matrix banach space and matrix banach algebra. the notion of matrix normed space in the sense of ruan is a special case of our matrix normed system. a matrix banach algebra is a matrix banach space with a completely contractive multiplication. we study the structure of matrix banach spaces and matrix banach algebras. then we...

We prove that a Banach space E has the compact range property (CRP) if and only if for any given C∗-algebra A, every absolutely summing operator from A into E is compact. Related results for p-summing operators (0 < p < 1) are also discussed as well as operators on non-commutative L-spaces and C∗-summing operators.

Let A and B be unital semi-simple commutative Banach algebras. In this paper we study two-variable polynomials p which satisfy the following property: a map T from A onto B such that the equality σ(p(Tf, T g)) = σ(p(f, g)), f, g ∈ A holds is an algebra isomorphism.