Weak amenability of weighted group algebras on some discrete groups (Q2787147)

Weak amenability of the weighted group algebra \(\ell^1(G,\omega)\) on discrete and non-discrete abelian groups has been completely characterized (see [\textit{N. Groenbaek}, Stud. Math. 94, No. 2, 149--162 (1989; Zbl 0704.46030)] and [\textit{Y. Zhang}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 142, No. 5, 1649--1661 (2014; Zbl 1295.46035)]). The theorem states that if \(G\) is an abelian group and \(\omega\) is a weight on \(G\), then \(L^1(G,\omega)\) is weakly amenable if and only if there does not exists a nontrivial continuous group homomorphism \(\phi:G\rightarrow \mathbb{C}\) such that \(\sup_{t\in G}\frac{|\phi(t)|}{\omega(t)\omega(t^{-1})}<\infty\). In the paper under review, the author investigates this result on an arbitrary discrete group \(G\). She shows that if \(\ell^1(G,\omega)\) is weakly amenable, then the above condition must be satisfied, although the converse is not true even for soluble groups. For some classes of weights, \(\ell^1(\mathbb F_2,\omega)\) is weakly amenable if and only if \(\omega\) is diagonally bounded.NEWLINENEWLINEThe author also provides a procedure for verifying the weak amenability of \(\ell^1(\mathbb{Z}^2,\omega)\). Giving an example, it is shown that weak amenability of \(\ell^1(\mathbb{Z}^2,\omega)\) does not necessarily imply weak amenability of \(\ell^1(\mathbb{Z},\omega_i)\), where \(\omega_i\) is the restriction of \(\omega\) to the \(i\)-th coordinate (\(i=1,2\)).