Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis: Studia Mathematica (Dec 2018)

Pseudo-amenability and pseudo-contractibility of restricted semigroup algebra

  • Olufemi Johnson Ogunsola,
  • Ifeyinwa E. Daniel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/aupcsm-2018-0008
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17
pp. 89 – 102

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In this article the pseudo-amenability and pseudo-contractibility of restricted semigroup algebra lr1(S) and semigroup algebra, l1(Sr) on restricted semigroup, Sr are investigated for different classes of inverse semigroups such as Brandt semigroup, and Clifford semigroup. We particularly show the equivalence between pseudo-amenability and character amenability of restricted semigroup algebra on a Clifford semigroup and semigroup algebra on a restricted semigroup. Moreover, we show that when S=M0(G,I) is a Brandt semigroup, pseudo-amenability of l1(Sr) is equivalent to its pseudo-contractibility.

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