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Connes-amenability and normal, virtual diagonals for measure algebras, II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Volker Runde
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G1, e-mail: [email protected], URL: http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~runde
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Abstract

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We prove that the following are equivalent for a locally compact group G:

(i) G is amenable;

(ii) M(G) is Connes-amenable;

(iii) M(G) has a normal, virtual diagonal.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2003

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