Homological properties of modules over semigroup algebras (Q973947)

Let \(S\) be a semigroup and let \(\ell^1 (S)\) be its associated Banach convolution algebra. The author proves that the injectivity of \(\ell^1 (S)\) in certain Banach right modules over \(\ell^1 (S)\) implies that the underlying semigroup \(S\) must be amenable. Under the additional assumption that \(S\) is cancellative, the author proves that \(\ell^1 (S)\) is injective in \textbf{mod}-\(\ell^1 (S)\) if and only if \(S\) is an amenable group. So, the author gives a characterization of the injectivity of \(\ell^1 (S)\). Next, the author investigates the flatness of the left \(\ell^1 (S)\)-predual module \(c_0 (S)\) for a weakly right cancellative semigroup \(S\) (Theorem 5.3 and Theorem 5.5). At the end, the author proves that, if \(S\) is a weakly cancellative inverse semigroup, then \(c_0 (S)\) is projective in \(\ell^1 (S)\)-\textbf{mod} if and only if \(S\) is finite. Thus, the author presents a characterization for the projectivity of \(c_0 (S)\).