Ergodic theoretic characterization of left amenable Lau algebras. (Q1413664)

Let \({\mathcal A}\) be a Lau algebra. An antirepresentation of \({\mathcal A}\) on a Banach space \(X\) is a norm continuous map \(T:{\mathcal A}\to{\mathcal B}(X)\) such that \(T_{ab}= T_b T_a\), where \({\mathcal B}(X)\) is the Banach space of all bounded operators on \(X\) and \(T_x= T(x)\) for \(x\in X\). An antirepresentation \(T\) is said to be ergodic if there is a net \((E_\gamma)\) in \({\mathcal B}(X)\) such that (i) \(E_\gamma(T_a- I)\to 0\) in the strong operator topology for all \(a\in{\mathcal A}\) with \(\| a\|= u(a)= 1\), where \(u\) is the identity of the dual \(W^*\)-algebra \({\mathcal A}^*\) of \({\mathcal A}\). (ii) \(E_\gamma(x)\) is in the closure of \(\{T_a(x): a\in{\mathcal A}\) with \(\| a\|= u(a)= 1\}\) for all \(x\in X\) and all \(\gamma\). In this paper, the author establishes the following characterization of left amenable Lau algebras: \({\mathcal A}\) is left amenable if and only if each antirepresentation of \({\mathcal A}\) on a Banach space is ergodic, which is equivalent to that the antirepresentation of \({\mathcal A}\) on \({\mathcal A}^*\) defined by \(T_a(f)= fa\) for \(a\in{\mathcal A}\) and \(f\in{\mathcal A}^*\) is ergodic.