Some properties of Banach \(L_ 1(G)\)-modules (Q803466): Difference between revisions

\textit{W. R. Emerson} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 241, 183-194 (1978; Zbl 0384.43003)] proved that a locally compact group G is amenable iff the set of functions \(f\in L_{\infty}(G)\) with \[ \inf \{\| \phi *f\|_{\infty}:\;0\leq \phi \in L_ 1(G),\quad \| \phi \|_ 1=1\}=0 \] is a linear space. Instead of \(L_{\infty}(G)\) the author regards arbitrary left Banach \(L_ 1(G)\)-modules M and states some conditions on M which are in the case \(M=L_{\infty}(G)\) equivalent to the amenability of G. It follows that G is amenable iff every left Banach \(L_ 1(G)\)-module fulfils the stated conditions. All theorems of this short paper are given without proofs.