Uniform semigroups and fixed point properties (Q1820947)

Let S be a uniform semigroup, i.e., a semigroup with a uniform structure \({\mathcal U}\) relative to which the multiplication mappings \(\lambda_ a: s\mapsto as\) and \(\rho_ a: s\mapsto sa\) are uniformly continuous on S for each \(a\in S\). Furthermore, let \({\mathcal L}{\mathcal U}{\mathcal C}(S)\) denote the algebra of bounded continuous functions \(f: S\to {\mathbb{R}}\) with the property that the mapping \(s\mapsto f\circ \lambda_ s: S\to C(S)\) is uniformly continuous relative to the uniformity on C(S) induced by the supremum norm. The main result of the paper asserts that the space \({\mathcal L}{\mathcal U}{\mathcal C}(S)\) has a left invariant mean if and only if S has the following fixed point property: For each equi-uniformly continuous affine action (s,x)\(\mapsto sx\) of S on a compact convex subset K of a separated, locally convex, topological vector space E, there exists a point \(x\in K\) such that \(sx=x\) for all \(s\in S\). (The action is equi-uniformly continuous if for each neighborhood N of 0 in E there exists some \(U\in {\mathcal U}\) such that sx- tx\(\in N\) for all (s,t)\(\in U\) and all \(x\in K.)\) The author also proves a nonaffine version of this result.