A note on non-amenability of B(p) for p=1,2

Abstract

This is an expository note on non-amenabilty of the Banach algebra B(p) for p=1,2. These were proved respectively by Connes (p=2) and Read (p=1) via very different methods. We give a single proof which reproves both.

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