Weak amenability and semidirect products in simple Lie groups (Q2563773)

Let \(G\) be a locally compact group. The author studies the invariant \(\Lambda(G)\) which is the infimum over all numbers \(C>0\) for which the Fourier algebra \(A(G)\) admits a \(C\)-completely bounded multiplier. His main result is: If \(G\) is a noncompact, simple, connected, real Lie group such that its Lie algebra has real rank \(\geq 2\), then \(\Lambda(G)=\infty\). This extends a result due to \textit{U. Haagerup} [Injectivity and decomposition of completely bounded maps. Lect. Notes Math. 1132, 170-222 (1985; Zbl 0591.46050)] who had the extra assumption that the center of \(G\) should be finite.