A new duality via the Haagerup tensor product

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Abstract: We initiate the study of a new notion of duality defined with respect to the module Haagerup tensor product. This notion not only recovers the standard operator space dual for Hilbert C∗-modules, it also captures quantum group duality in a fundamental way. We compute the so-called Haagerup dual for various operator algebras arising from ellp spaces. In particular, we show that the dual of ell1 under any operator space structure is minellinfty. In the setting of abstract harmonic analysis we generalize a result of Varopolous by showing that C(mathbbG) is an operator algebra under convolution for any compact Kac algebra mathbbG. We then prove that the corresponding Haagerup dual C(mathbbG)h=ellinfty(widehatmathbbG), whenever widehatmathbbG is weakly amenable. Our techniques comprise a mixture of quantum group theory and the geometry of operator space tensor products.


The following review is a minimally augmented version of the abstract. The authors initiate the study of a new notion of duality defined with respect to the module Haagerup tensor product. This notion not only recovers the standard operator space dual for Hilbert \(C^*\)-modules, it also captures quantum group duality in a fundamental way. The techniques adopted by the authors include a mixture of quantum group theory and the geometry of operator space tensor products. If \(A\) is a completely contractive Banach algebra, the authors investigate a new form of duality by considering \(A^h:=(A\otimes_A^hA)^*\), where \(\otimes_A^h\) is the module Haagerup tensor product. Using this notion, the authors compute the Haagerup dual for various operator algebras arising from \(l^p\)-spaces. In particular, the authors show that the dual of \(l^1\) under any operator structure is \(\min l^\infty\). In the setting of abstract harmonic analysis, the authors generalize a result of \textit{N. T. Varopoulos} [Math. Scand. 37, 173--182 (1975; Zbl 0337.46041)] by showing that \(C(G)\) is an operator algebra under convolution for any compact Kac algebra \(G\). The authors then prove that, for a compact Kac algebra \(G\) whose dual \(\hat{G}\) is weakly amenable, the corresponding Haagerup dual \(C(G)^h\cong l^\infty (\hat{G})\) and, in particular, for any weakly amenable discrete group \(G\), \(C_\lambda^*(G)^h\cong l^\infty(G)\).











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