{"title":"Approximate identities for ideals in \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 L\u0000 (\u0000 \u0000 L\u0000 p\u0000 \u0000 )\u0000 \u0000 $L(L^p)$","authors":"W. B. Johnson, G. Schechtman","doi":"10.1112/blms.13161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1112/blms.13161","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The main result is that the only non-trivial closed ideal in the Banach algebra <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>L</mi>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>L</mi>\u0000 <mi>p</mi>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$L(L^p)$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> of bounded linear operators on <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>L</mi>\u0000 <mi>p</mi>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mn>0</mn>\u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$L^p(0,1)$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>, <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 <mo>⩽</mo>\u0000 <mi>p</mi>\u0000 <mo><</mo>\u0000 <mi>∞</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$1leqslant p < infty$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>, that has a left approximate identity is the ideal of compact operators. The algebra <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>L</mi>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>L</mi>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$L(L^1)$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> has at least one non-trivial closed ideal that has a contractive right approximate identity as well as many, including the unique maximal ideal, that do not have a right approximate identity.</p>","PeriodicalId":55298,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society","volume":"56 12","pages":"3708-3720"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142862377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}