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Biflatness and biprojectivity of the Fourier algebra

Functional Analysis 2009-06-01 v2

Abstract

We show that the biflatness - in the sense of A. Ya. Helemskii - of the Fourier algebra A(G)A(G) of a locally compact group GG forces GG to either have an abelian subgroup of finite index or to be non-amenable without containing F2F_2, the free group in two generators, as a closed subgroup. An analogous dichotomy is obtained for biprojectivity.

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@article{arxiv.0808.1146,
  title  = {Biflatness and biprojectivity of the Fourier algebra},
  author = {Volker Runde},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.1146},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

6 pages; a few typos fixed