APPROXIMATE IDENTITY OF CONVOLUTION BANACH ALGEBRAS

A weight ω on the positive half real line [0, ∞) is a positive continuous function such that ω(s + t) ≤ ω(s)ω(t), for all s, t ∈ [0, ∞), and ω(0) = 1. The weighted convolution Banach algebra L1(ω) is the algebra of all equivalence classes of Lebesgue measurable functions f such that ‖f‖ = ∫0∞|f(t)|ω(t)dt < ∞, under pointwise addition, scalar multiplication of functions, and the convolution product (f ⁎ g)(t) = ∫0t f(t - s)g(s)ds. We give a sufficient condition on a weight function ω(t) in order that L1(ω) has a bounded approximate identity.