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A well-known result of W. Ray asserts that if $C$ is an unbounded convex subset of a Hilbert space, then there is a nonexpansive mapping $T$: $C\to C$ that has no fixed point. In this paper we establish some common fixed point properties for a semitopological semigroup $S$ of nonexpansive mappings acting on a closed convex subset $C$ of a Hilbert space, assuming that there is a point $c\in C$ with a bounded orbit and assuming that certain subspace of $C_b(S)$ has a left invariant mean. Left invariant mean (or amenability) is an important notion in harmonic analysis of semigroups and groups introduced by von Neumann in 1929 \cite{Neu} and formalized by Day in 1957 \cite{Day}. In our investigation we use the notion of common attractive points introduced recently by S. Atsushiba and W. Takahashi., Comment: 22 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2001.08149

The purpose of this paper is to give an updated survey on various algebraic and analytic properties of semigroups related to fixed point properties of semigroup actions on a non-empty closed convex subset of a Banach space or, more generally, a locally convex topological vector space., Comment: 31 pages

Motivated by the beautiful work of M. A. Rieffel (1965) and of M. E. Walter (1974), we obtain characterisations of the Fourier algebra $A(G)$ of a locally compact group $G$ in terms of the class of $F$-algebras (i.e. a Banach algebra $A$ such that its dual $A'$ is a $W^*$-algebra whose identity is multiplicative on $A$). For example, we show that the Fourier algebras are precisely those commutative semisimple $F$-algebras that are Tauberian, contain a nonzero real element, and possess a dual semigroup that acts transitively on their spectrums. Our characterisations fall into three flavours, where the first one will be the basis of the other two. The first flavour also implies a simple characterisation of when the predual of a Hopf-von Neumann algebra is the Fourier algebra of a locally compact group. We also obtain similar characterisations of the Fourier--Stieltjes algebras of $G$. En route, we prove some new results on the problem of when a subalgebra of $A(G)$ is the whole algebra and on representations of discrete groups.

For a locally convex $^*$-algebra $A$ equipped with a fixed continuous $^*$-character $\varepsilon$, we define a cohomological property, called property $(FH)$, which is similar to character amenability. Let $C_c(G)$ be the space of continuous functions on a second countable locally compact group $G$ with compact supports, equipped with the convolution $^*$-algebra structure and a certain inductive topology. We show that $(C_c(G), \varepsilon_G)$ has property $(FH)$ if and only if $G$ has property $(T)$. On the other hand, many Banach algebras equipped with canonical characters have property $(FH)$ (e.g., those defined by a nice locally compact quantum group). Furthermore, through our studies on both property $(FH)$ and character amenablility, we obtain characterizations of property $(T)$, amenability and compactness of $G$ in terms of the vanishing of one-sided cohomology of certain topological algebras, as well as in terms of fixed point properties. These characterizations can be regarded as analogues of one another. Moreover, we show that $G$ is compact if and only if the normed algebra $\big\{f\in C_c(G): \int_G f(t)dt =0\big\}$ (under $\|\cdot\|_{L^1(G)}$) admits a bounded approximate identity with the supports of all its elements being contained in a common compact set., Comment: 24 pages, accepted for publication in Studia Mathematica

Motivated by a result of Ky Fan in 1965, we establish a characterization of a left amenable F-algebra (which includes the group algebra and the Fourier algebra of a locally compact group and quantum group algebras, or more generally the predual algebra of a Hopf von Neumann algebra) in terms of a finite dimensional invariant subspace property. This is done by first revealing a fixed point property for the semigroup of norm one positive linear func- tionals in the algebra. Our result answers an open question posted in Tokyo in 1993 by the first author (see [25, Problem 5]). We also show that the left amenability of an ideal in an F-algebra may determine the left amenability of the algebra.

In his study of amenable unitary representations, M. E. B. Bekka asked if there is an analogue for such representations of the remarkable fixed-point property for amenable groups. In this paper, we prove such a fixed-point theorem in the more general context of a $G$-amenable von Neumann algebra $M$, where $G$ is a locally compact group acting on $M$. The F{\o}lner conditions of Connes and Bekka are extended to the case where $M$ is semifinite and admits a faithful, semifinite, normal trace which is invariant under the action of $G$.