We prove that for a Banach algebra A having a bounded $\mathcal {Z}(A)$ -approximate identity and for every $\mathbf {[IN]}$ group G with a weight w which is either constant on conjugacy classes or satisfies $w \geq 1$ , $\mathcal {Z}(L^{1}_{w}(G) \otimes ^{\gamma } A) \cong \mathcal {Z}(L^{1}_{w}(G)) \otimes ^{\gamma } \mathcal {Z}(A)$ . As an application, we discuss the conditions under which $\mathcal {Z}(L^{1}_{\omega }(G,A))$ enjoys certain Banach algebraic properties, such as weak amenability or semisimplicity.

We prove that an operator system is (min, ess)-nuclear if its $C^{\ast }$ -envelope is nuclear. This allows us to deduce that an operator system associated to a generating set of a countable discrete group by Farenick et al. [‘Operator systems from discrete groups’, Comm. Math. Phys.329(1) (2014), 207–238] is (min, ess)-nuclear if and only if the group is amenable. We also make a detailed comparison between ess and other operator system tensor products and show that an operator system associated to a minimal generating set of a finitely generated discrete group (respectively, a finite graph) is (min, max)-nuclear if and only if the group is of order less than or equal to three (respectively, every component of the graph is complete).

The classical approach to studying operator ideals using tensor norms mainly focuses on those tensor norms and operator ideals defined by means of ${{l}_{p}}$ spaces. In a previous paper, an interpolation space, defined via the real method and using ${{l}_{p}}$ spaces, was used to define a tensor norm, and the associated minimal operator ideals were characterized. In this paper, the next natural step is taken, that is, the corresponding maximal operator ideals are characterized. As an application, necessary and sufficient conditions for the coincidence of the maximal and minimal ideals are given. Finally, the previous results are used in order to find some new metric properties of the mentioned tensor norm.

We study when certain properties of Banach algebras are stable under ultrapower constructions. In particular, we consider when every ultrapower of is Arens regular, and give some evidence that this is so if and only if is isomorphic to a closed subalgebra of operators on a super-reflexive Banach space. We show that such ideas are closely related to whether one can sensibly define an ultrapower of a dual Banach algebraffi We study how tensor products of ultrapowers behave, and apply this to study the question of when every ultrapower of is amenable. We provide an abstract characterization in terms of something like an approximate diagonal, and consider when every ultrapower of a C*-algebra, or a group L1-convolution algebra, is amenable.

The projective tensor product $\ell_2\,{\hat{\otimes}}\,X$ of $\ell_2$ with any Banach space $X$ sits inside the space ${\rm Rad}(X)$ of all almost unconditionally summable sequences in $X$. If $X$ is of cotype 2 and $u: X \longrightarrow Y$ is 2-summing, then $u$ takes ${\rm Rad}(X)$ into $\ell_2\,{\hat{\otimes}}\,Y$. Consequently, if $X$ is of cotype 2, then every operator from $X$ to $\ell_2$ is 1-summing if and only if $\ell_1\,{\check{\otimes}}\,X \subseteq \ell_2\,{\hat{\otimes}}\,X$. In this case, each 2-summing operator from $\ell_2$ to $X$ is nuclear, and $X$ does not have non-trivial type provided that ${\rm dim}\,X = \infty$.

We show that for $U$ and $V$ balanced open subsets of $\left( \text{Qno} \right)$ Fréchet spaces $E$ and $F$ that we have the topological identity

$$\text{(}\mathcal{H}(U\times V),{{\tau }_{\omega }})=\left( \mathcal{H}\left( U;\left( \mathcal{H}(V),{{\tau }_{\omega }} \right) \right),{{\tau }_{\omega }} \right).$$

Analogous results for the compact open topology have long been established. We also give an example to show that the $\left( \text{Qno} \right)$ hypothesis on both $E$ and $F$ is necessary.

The problems on isomorphic classification and quasiequivalence of bases are studied for the class of mixed $F-$, $\text{DF}$-power series spaces, i.e. the spaces of the following kind

$$G(\lambda ,a)=\underset{p\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\text{proj}\left( \underset{q\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\text{ind}\left( {{\ell }_{1}}\left( {{a}_{i}}\left( p,q \right) \right) \right) \right),$$

where ${{a}_{i}}(p,\,q)\,=\,\exp \left( \left( p\,-\,{{\lambda }_{i}}q \right){{a}_{i}} \right),\,p,\,q\,\in \,\mathbb{N},\,\text{and}\,\lambda \,\text{=}\,{{\left( {{\lambda }_{i}} \right)}_{i\in \mathbb{N}}},\,a=\,{{({{a}_{i}})}_{i\in \mathbb{N}}}$ are some sequences of positive numbers. These spaces, up to isomorphisms, are basis subspaces of tensor products of power series spaces of $F-$ and $\text{DF}$-types, respectively. The m-rectangle characteristic $\mu _{m}^{\lambda ,a}\left( \delta ,\,\varepsilon ;\,\tau ,\,t \right),\,m\,\in \,\mathbb{N}$ of the space $G\left( \text{ }\!\!\lambda\!\!\text{ ,}\,a \right)$ is defined as the number of members of the sequence ${{({{\lambda }_{i}},{{a}_{i}})}_{i\in \mathbb{N}}}$ which are contained in the union of m rectangles ${{P}_{k}}\,=\,\left( {{\delta }_{k}},\,{{\varepsilon }_{k}} \right]\,\times \,\left( {{\tau }_{k}},\,{{t}_{k}} \right]$ , $k\,=\,1,2,\ldots ,m$. It is shown that each m-rectangle characteristic is an invariant on the considered class under some proper definition of an equivalency relation. The main tool are new compound invariants, which combine some version of the classical approximative dimensions (Kolmogorov, Pełczynski) with appropriate geometrical and interpolational operations under neighborhoods of the origin (taken from a given basis).

Given two topological algebra sheaves, we seek that their tensor product be an (algebra) sheaf of the same type. We further study the latter sheaf in connection with the set of morphisms which are defined on it. As an application, we finally consider fundamental notions and results related to algebras of holomorphic functions in the framework of topological algebra sheaves.

Together with Vern Paulsen we were able to show that the elementary theory of tensor norms of Banach spaces carries over to operator spaces. We suggested that the Grothendieck tensor norm program, which was of course enormously important in the development of Banach space theory, be carried out for operator spaces. Some of this has been done by the authors mentioned above, and by Effros and Ruan. We give alternative developments of some of this work, and otherwise continue the tensor norm program.