A Weak Form of Amenability of Topological Semigroups and its Applications in Ergodic and Fixed Point Theories

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a weak form of amenability on topological semigroups that we call $\varphi$-amenability, where $\varphi$ is a character on a topological semigroup. Some basic properties of this new notion are obtained and by giving some examples, we show that this definition is weaker than the amenability of semigroups. As a noticeable result, for a topological semigroup $S$, it is shown that if $S$ is $\varphi$-amenable, then $S$ is amenable. Moreover, $\varphi$-ergodicity for a topological semigroup $S$ is introduced and it is proved that under some conditions on $S$ and a Banach space $X$, $\varphi$-amenability and $\varphi$-ergodicity of any antirepresntation defined by a right action $S$ on $X$, are equivalent. A relation between $\varphi$-amenability of topological semigroups and existance of a common fixed point is investigated and by this relation, Hahn-Banach property of topological semigroups in the sense of $\varphi$-amenability defined and studied.