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In this memoir, we shall consider weighted convolution algebras on discrete groups and semigroups, concentrating on the group (ℚ,+) of rational numbers, the semigroup $({\mathbb{Q}}^{+•},+)$ of strictly positive rational numbers, and analogous semigroups in the real line ℝ. In particular, we shall discuss when these algebras are Arens regular, when they are strongly Arens irregular, and when they are neither, giving a variety of examples. We introduce the notion of ’weakly diagonally bounded’ weights, weakening the known...

We prove that a semisimple, commutative Banach algebra has either exactly one uniform norm or infinitely many uniform norms; this answers a question asked by S. J. Bhatt and H. V. Dedania [Studia Math. 160 (2004)]. A similar result is proved for C*-norms on *-semisimple, commutative Banach *-algebras. These properties are preserved if the identity is adjoined. We also show that a commutative Beurling *-algebra L¹(G,ω) has exactly one uniform norm if and only if it has exactly one C*-norm; this is...

Semisimple commutative Banach algebras 𝓐 admitting exactly one uniform norm (not necessarily complete) are investigated. 𝓐 has this Unique Uniform Norm Property iff the completion U(𝓐) of 𝓐 in the spectral radius r(·) has UUNP and, for any non-zero spectral synthesis ideal ℐ of U(𝓐), ℐ ∩ 𝓐 is non-zero. 𝓐 is regular iff U(𝓐) is regular and, for any spectral synthesis ideal ℐ of 𝓐, 𝓐/ℐ has UUNP iff U(𝓐) is regular and for any spectral synthesis ideal ℐ of U(𝓐), ℐ = k(h(𝓐 ∩ ℐ)) (hulls...

Given a locally compact abelian group G with a measurable weight ω, it is shown that the Beurling algebra L¹(G,ω) admits either exactly one uniform norm or infinitely many uniform norms, and that L¹(G,ω) admits exactly one uniform norm iff it admits a minimum uniform norm.

Let ω be a weight on an LCA group G. Let M(G,ω) consist of the Radon measures μ on G such that ωμ is a regular complex Borel measure on G. It is proved that: (i) M(G,ω) is regular iff M(G,ω) has unique uniform norm property (UUNP) iff L¹(G,ω) has UUNP and G is discrete; (ii) M(G,ω) has a minimum uniform norm iff L¹(G,ω) has UUNP; (iii) M₀₀(G,ω) is regular iff M₀₀(G,ω) has UUNP iff L¹(G,ω) has UUNP, where M₀₀(G,ω) := {μ ∈ M(G,ω) : μ̂ = 0 on Δ(M(G,ω))∖Δ(L¹(G,ω))}.

Let 0 < p ≤ 1, let ω: ℤ → [1,∞) be a weight on ℤ and let f be a nowhere vanishing continuous function on the unit circle Γ whose Fourier series satisfies ${\sum }_{n\in \mathbb{Z}}{\left|f̂\left(n\right)\right|}^p\omega \left(n\right)<\infty$. Then there exists a weight ν on ℤ such that ${\sum }_{n\in \mathbb{Z}}{\left|\widehat{(1/f)}\left(n\right)\right|}^p\nu \left(n\right)<\infty$. Further, ν is non-constant if and only if ω is non-constant; and ν = ω if ω is non-quasianalytic. This includes the classical Wiener theorem (p = 1, ω = 1), Domar theorem (p = 1, ω is non-quasianalytic), Żelazko theorem (ω = 1) and a recent result of Bhatt and Dedania (p = 1). An analogue of...