On strong pseudo-amenability of some Banach algebras
Abstract
In this paper, we introduce a new notion of strong pseudo-amenability for Banach algebras. We study strong pseudo-amenability of some matrix algebras. Using this tool, we characterize strong pseudo-amenability of ℓ1(S), provided that S is a uniformly locally finite inverse semigroup. As an application, we show that for a Brandt semigroup S=M0(G,I), ℓ1(S) is strong pseudo-amenable if and only if G is amenable and I is finite. We give some examples to show the differences between strong pseudo-amenability and the other classical notions of amenability.
Communicated by N. C. Wong