On operator Connes-amenability of the Fourier-Stieltjes algebra

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Main Authors: Runde, Volker, Spronk, Nico, Wiersma, Matthew
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author Runde, Volker
Spronk, Nico
Wiersma, Matthew
author_facet Runde, Volker
Spronk, Nico
Wiersma, Matthew
contents Runde and Spronk showed in 2004 that there are non-amenable groups $G$, including $\mathbb F_2$, {whose Fourier-Stieltjes algebra, $B(G)$,} is operator Connes-amenable. This result was surprising since the measure algebra $M(G)$ is Connes-amenable if and only if $G$ is amenable, which might lead one to guess that $B(G)$ should be operator Connes-amenable if and only if $G$ is amenable. This leads to the question: for which groups $G$ is $B(G)$ operator Connes-amenable? We make progress on this problem by {exhibiting} the first examples of groups {for which $B(G)$ is not operator Connes-amenable}. More specifically, we show that $B(G)$ is not operator Connes-amenable when $G$ is a non-compact locally compact group with property (T) and finite almost periodic compactification, or when $G$ is a discrete group without the factorization property.
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spellingShingle On operator Connes-amenability of the Fourier-Stieltjes algebra
Runde, Volker
Spronk, Nico
Wiersma, Matthew
Functional Analysis
Group Theory
Operator Algebras
Runde and Spronk showed in 2004 that there are non-amenable groups $G$, including $\mathbb F_2$, {whose Fourier-Stieltjes algebra, $B(G)$,} is operator Connes-amenable. This result was surprising since the measure algebra $M(G)$ is Connes-amenable if and only if $G$ is amenable, which might lead one to guess that $B(G)$ should be operator Connes-amenable if and only if $G$ is amenable. This leads to the question: for which groups $G$ is $B(G)$ operator Connes-amenable? We make progress on this problem by {exhibiting} the first examples of groups {for which $B(G)$ is not operator Connes-amenable}. More specifically, we show that $B(G)$ is not operator Connes-amenable when $G$ is a non-compact locally compact group with property (T) and finite almost periodic compactification, or when $G$ is a discrete group without the factorization property.
title On operator Connes-amenability of the Fourier-Stieltjes algebra
topic Functional Analysis
Group Theory
Operator Algebras
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.13464