Approximate and pseudo-amenability of the fourier algebra

Indiana University Mathematics Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 909-930

  Ghahramani, Fereidoun ^a   Stokke, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Approximate amenability; Approximate diagonal; Fourier algebra; Operator approximate amenability; Pseudoamenability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249786868     PISSN: 00222518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1512/iumj.2007.56.2951     Document Type: Article

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