International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 6 (1983), Issue 2, Pages 297-305
doi:10.1155/S0161171283000253

An amenability property of algebras of functions on semidirect products of semigroups

Bao-Ting Lerner

Department of Mathematics, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis 21402, MD, USA

Abstract

Let S1 and S2 be semitopological semigroups, S1 τ  S2 a semidirect product. An amenability property is established for algebras of functions on S1 τ  S2. This result is used to decompose the kernel of the weakly almost periodic compactification of S1 τ  S2 into a semidirect product.