A note on relatively injective \(C_0(S)\)-modules \(C_0(S)\) (Q2121859)

Let \(A\) be a Banach algebra and let mod-\(A\) be the category of all right Banach \(A\)-modules and continuous right \(A\)-module maps, which are called \(A\)-morphisms. Let \(X, Y\) be right Banach \(A\)-modules and \(\xi: X \to Y\) be an \(A\)-morphism. Then \(\xi\) is called relatively admissible if there is a bounded linear operator \(\eta: Y \to X\) such that \(\eta\circ\xi=I_X\) (the identity map on \(X\)). A~Banach \(A\)-module \(J\) is called relatively injective if, for any relatively admissible \(A\)-morphism \(\xi: X \to Y\) and any \(A\)-morphism \(\phi: X \to J\) there exists an \(A\)-morphism \(\psi: Y \to J\) making the diagram \begin{align*} &Y\\ ^\psi\swarrow & \uparrow_\xi\\ J \longleftarrow_\phi & X \end{align*} be commutative. If \(S\) is noncompact and locally compact, then we denote the Stone-Čech compactification of $S$ by \(\beta S\). For a locally compact Hausdorff space \(S\), we denote by \(C_0(S)\) the space of all functions which vanish at infinity. \textit{A.~Sobczyk} showed that \(c_0\) is a separably injective space [Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 47, 938--947 (1941; Zbl 0027.40801), Theorem~5]. In this paper, some necessary and sufficient conditions for the relative injectivity of the \(C_0(S)\)-module \(C_0(S)\) are discussed. In particular, it is shown that, if the \(C_0(S)\)-module \(C_0(S)\) is relatively injective, then \(S =\beta(S\setminus\{s\})\) for any limit point \(s\in S\). Also, a Banach module version of Sobczyk's theorem is given.