Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Mathematics, Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad - 380026, Gujarat, India

2 Department of Mathematics, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar- 388120, Gujarat, India

3 Lecturer in Mathematics, General Department, Government Polytechnic, Junagadh- 362263, Gujarat, India

Abstract

Let $\mathcal{A},$ $\mathcal{B},$ and $\mathcal{X}$ be complex algebras, $\theta : \mathcal{B} \longrightarrow \mathcal{X}$ be an algebra homomorphism, and let $\mathcal{A}$ be an $\mathcal{X}$-bimodule. We define a product on $\mathcal{A} \times \mathcal{B}$ as $(a_1, b_1)(a_2,b_2) = (a_1 a_2 + a_1 \cdot \theta(b_2) + \theta(b_1) \circ a_2,b_1 b_2)$ for all $(a_1, b_1), (a_2,b_2) \in \mathcal{A} \times \mathcal{B}$ and write $\mathcal{A} \times \mathcal{B}$ with this product by $\mathcal{A} \times_\theta\mathcal{B}$. We shall study some basic properties of $\mathcal{A} \times_\theta \mathcal{B}$. When $\mathcal{A}$, $\mathcal{B}$ and $\mathcal{X}$ are Banach algebras, $\mathcal{A}$ is a Banach $\mathcal{X}$-bimodule, and $\theta$ is a continuous homomorphism with the norm at most $1$, we determine the ideals of $\mathcal{A} \times_\theta \mathcal{B}$ of a certain type, the Gelfand space of this Banach algebra, and the module multipliers of this Banach algebra.

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