Approximate biprojectivity of certain semigroup algebras

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Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the notion of approximate biprojectivity for semigroup algebras and for some Banach algebras related to semigroup algebras. We show that ell1(S) is approximately biprojective if and only if ell1(S) is biprojective, provided that S is a uniformly locally finite inverse semigroup. Also for a Clifford semigroup S, we show that approximate biprojectivity ell1(S)∗∗ gives pseudo amenability of ell1(S). We give a class of Banach algebras related to semigroup algebras which is not approximately biprojective.


The notion of amenability for Banach algebras was introduced by \textit{B. E. Johnson} [Mem. Am. Math. Soc. 127, 96 p. (1972; Zbl 0256.18014)]. Other related homological notions such as biprojectivity and biflatness was introduced by \textit{A. Ya. Khelemskij} [The hohomology of Banach and topological algebras. Transl. from the Russian by Alan West. Dordrecht etc.: Kluwer Academic Publishers (1989; Zbl 0695.46033)]. Recently the weaker version of approximate amenabilty was introduced by \textit{F. Ghahramani} and \textit{R. J. Loy} [J. Funct. Anal. 208, No. 1, 229--260 (2004; Zbl 1045.46029)]. The authors of the current paper investigate approximate biprojectivity of semigroup algebras. They show that for a discrete semigroup \(S\) with a left or right unit, approximate biprojectivity of \(\ell^1(S)\) implies that \(S\) is finite. When \(S\) is a uniformly locally finite inverse semigroup, they show that the notions of approximate biprojectivity and biprojectivity are equivalent for \(\ell^1(S)\).











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