Projections on weak$^*$-closed subspaces

Iman Amani, Ali Ghaffari, Feridoun Habibian

Abstract


Let $G$ be a locally compact group and $S$ a weak $^*$-closed translation 
invariant subspace of $L^\infty(G)$.  M.E.B. Bekka proved that $S$ is the range of a projection on $L^\infty(G)$ 
which commutes with translation if and only if $S$ is the range of a projection on $L^\infty(G)$ which commutes with convolution. Our
first purpose in this paper is to generalize Bekka’s results for a certain class
of left Banach $G$-module. This result is used to show that  $G$ is amenable if
and only if whenever $X$ is a left Banach $G$-module and $S$ is a
weak$^*$-closed right invariant subspace of $X^*$ which is complemented in $X^*$,
 then  $S$ is the range of a projection on $X^*$ which commutes with convolution.\par  
  Finally, we explore the link between the projections properties and amenability of group algebras

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