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On continuity of derivations and epimorphisms on some vector-valued group algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Ramesh V. Garimella
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville TN 38505, United States of America, e-mail: RVG0037@tntech.edu
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For a locally compact Abelian group G and a commutative Banach algebra B, let L1(G, B) be the Banach algebra of all Bochner integrable functions. We show that if G is compact and B is a nonunital Banach algebra without nontrivial zero divisors, then (i) all derivations on L1(G, B) are continuous if and only if all derivations on B are continuous, and (ii) each epimorphism from a Banach algebra X onto L1(G, B) is continuous provided every epimorphism from X onto B is continuous. If G is noncompact then every derivation on L1(G, B) and every epimorphism from a commutative Banach algebra onto L1(G, B) are continuous. Our results extend the results of Neumann and Velasco for nonunital Banach algebras.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1997

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