Bilinear operators on \(L^\infty(G)\) of locally compact groups (Q811586)

Let \(G\) and \(H\) be compact groups. We study the space \(Bil^ \sigma=Bil^ \sigma(L^ \infty(G),L^ \infty(H))\). That space consists of all bounded bilinear functionals on \(L^ \infty(G)\times L^ \infty(H)\) that are weak* continuous in each variable separately. We prove, among other things, that \(Bil^ \sigma\) is isometrically isomorphic to a closed two-sided ideal in \(BM(G,H)\). In the case of abelian \(G\), \(H\), we show that \(Bil^ \sigma\) does not have an approximate identity and that \(\widehat G\times\widehat H\) is dense in the maximal ideal space of \(Bil^ \sigma\). Related results are given.