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THE SECOND TRANSPOSE OF A DERIVATION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2002

H. G. DALES,
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT; pmt6hgd@leeds.ac.uk
A. RODRÍGUEZ-PALACIOS
Affiliation:
Departamento de Análisis Matemático, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; apalacio@ugr.es, vvelasco@goliat.ugr.es
M. V. VELASCO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Análisis Matemático, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; apalacio@ugr.es, vvelasco@goliat.ugr.es
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Abstract

Let A be a Banach algebra, and let D: A → A* be a continuous derivation, where A* is the topological dual space of A. The paper discusses the situation when the second transpose D**: A** → (A**)* is also a derivation in the case where A** has the first Arens product.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
London Mathematical Society 2001

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