Zero Lie product determined Banach algebras. II. (Q2633714)

The authors continue their study of zero Lie product determined Banach algebras; for Part I, see [Stud. Math. 239, No. 2, 189--199 (2017; Zbl 1394.46036)]. A Banach algebra \(A\) is said to be zero Lie product determined if, for every continuous bilinear functional \(\varphi: A \times A \to \mathbb C\), satisfying \(\varphi(a, b)= 0\) whenever \(ab= ba\) in \(A\) is of the form \(\varphi(a, b)= \omega(ab- ba)\) for some \(\omega \in A^*\), the dual of \(A\). The algebra \(A\) is said to have property \(\mathbb B\) if, for every continuous bilinear functional \(\varphi: A\times A \to \mathbb C\), the condition \[ ab= 0 \text{ for } a, b\in A \Longrightarrow \varphi(a, b)= 0 \] implies \(\varphi(ab, c)= \varphi(a, bc)\) for \(a, b, c\in A\). The notion of zero Lie product determined Banach algebras was introduced in [the authors, loc. cit.], and it can be viewed as the Lie analogue of a Banach algebra with property \(\mathbb B\) introduced by the same authors in [Stud. Math. 193, No. 2, 131--159 (2009; Zbl 1168.47029)]. It was shown in the 2009 paper that many important Banach algebras, including \(C^*\)-algebras, and the group algebra \(L^1(G)\) have property \(\mathbb B\). In this paper, the authors show that every weakly amenable Banach algebra with bounded approximate identity and with property \(\mathbb B\) is zero Lie product determined. As a consequence, every \(C^*\)-algebra and group algebra \(L^1(G)\), for all locally compact groups \(G\), are zero Lie product determined Banach algebras; the latter result generalises the one in [\textit{J. Alaminos} et al., Stud. Math. 239, No. 2, 189--199 (2017; Zbl 1394.46036), Theorem 4.5] which covers only amenable groups. Recall that a Banach algebra \(A\) is weakly amenable if every continuous derivation from \(A\) into \(A^*\) is inner. On the other hand, a Banach algebra is said to be cyclically amenable if every continuous cyclic derivation \(D\) from \(A\) into \(A^*\), i.e., a derivation satisfying \(D(a)(b)= -D(b)(a)\), is inner. Clearly, weak amenability implies cyclic amenability. Connecting to the question whether every Jordan derivation is an inner derivation, the authors show that if every continuous cyclic Jordan derivation from \(A\) into \(A^*\) is an inner derivation, then \(A\) is zero Lie product determined (Theorem 3.1). Furthermore, if \(A\) is a cyclically amenable Banach algebra with bounded approximate identity, then the Banach algebra \(M_n(A)\) of \(n\times n\) matrices (\(n\geq 2\)) over \(A\) is zero Lie product determined (Theorem 4.3). The paper is very well written and contains many interesting results of independent interest, as well as some examples and open problems.