Dual operator algebras with normal virtual \(h\)-diagonal (Q1928563)

\textit{B. E. Johnson} has shown that a Banach algebra is amenable if and only if it admits a virtual diagonal [Am. J. Math. 94, 685--698 (1972; Zbl 0246.46040)]. In this paper, \(\sigma h\)-amenability of dual operator algebras is considered. This property may be viewed as a dual operator space version of amenability. Let \(\mathcal{M}\) be a unital dual operator algebra. The \(\mathcal{M}\)-bimodule structure of the normal Haagerup tensor product \(\mathcal{M} \otimes_{\sigma h} \mathcal{M}\) is determined by the actions \(a\cdot(c\otimes d)\cdot b=ac\otimes db\). Denote by \(m_{M}: \mathcal{M}\otimes_{\sigma h} \mathcal{M}\rightarrow \mathcal{M}\) the completely contractive \(w^*\)-continuous linear map induced by the multiplication. A~normal virtual \(h\)-diagonal for \(\mathcal{M}\) is an element \(u \in \mathcal{M}\otimes_{\sigma h} \mathcal{M}\) satisfying (1) for any \(m \in \mathcal{M}\), \(m\cdot u=u\cdot m\), (2) \(m_{\mathcal{M}}(u)=1\). Such an element is called \(\sigma h\)-diagonal. When a dual operator algebra \(\mathcal{M}\) admits a \(\sigma h\)-diagonal, then it is called \(\sigma h\)-amenable. Characterizations of \(\sigma h\)-amenability are obtained. It is shown that \(\sigma h\)-amenability is equivalent to vanishing of the first Hochschild cohomology group relatively to the normal completely bounded cohomology. It is also shown that the class of these algebras is stable under algebraic perturbations and cb-isomorphisms of small bound. Some perturbation results for the Kadison-Kastler metric are proved.