Weak Containment and Induced Representations of Groups

1962 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 237-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. G. Fell
Keyword(s):  
Dual Space ◽  
Locally Compact Group ◽  
Equivalence Classes ◽  
Unitary Representations ◽  
Unitary Equivalence ◽  
Locally Compact ◽  
Induced Representations ◽  
Weak Containment ◽  
Irreducible Unitary Representations ◽  
Special Case

Let G be a locally compact group and G† its dual space, that is, the set of all unitary equivalence classes of irreducible unitary representations of G. An important tool for investigating the group algebra of G is the so-called hull-kernel topology of G†, which is discussed in (3) as a special case of the relation of weak containment. The question arises: Given a group G, how do we determine G† and its topology? For many groups G, Mackey's theory of induced representations permits us to catalogue all the elements of G†. One suspects that by suitably supplementing this theory it should be possible to obtain the topology of G† at the same time. It is the purpose of this paper to explore this possibility. Unfortunately, we are not able to complete the programme at present.

scholarly journals Weak Containment by Restrictions of Induced Representations

2018 ◽  
Vol 2020 (7) ◽  
pp. 2034-2053
Author(s):  
Matthew Wiersma
Keyword(s):  
Compact Group ◽  
Closed Subgroup ◽  
Discrete Group ◽  
Amenable Group ◽  
Locally Compact Group ◽  
Approximate Identity ◽  
Locally Compact ◽  
Induced Representations ◽  
C Algebras ◽  
Weak Containment

Abstract A QSIN group is a locally compact group G whose group algebra $\mathrm L^{1}(G)$ admits a quasi-central bounded approximate identity. Examples of QSIN groups include every amenable group and every discrete group. It is shown that if G is a QSIN group, H is a closed subgroup of G, and $\pi \!: H\to \mathcal B(\mathcal{H})$ is a unitary representation of H, then $\pi$ is weakly contained in $\Big (\mathrm{Ind}_{H}^{G}\pi \Big )|_{H}$. This provides a powerful tool in studying the C*-algebras of QSIN groups. In particular, it is shown that if G is a QSIN group which contains a copy of $\mathbb{F}_{2}$ as a closed subgroup, then $\mathrm C^{\ast }(G)$ is not locally reflexive and $\mathrm C^{\ast }_{r}(G)$ does not admit the local lifting property. Further applications are drawn to the “(weak) extendability” of Fourier spaces $\mathrm A_{\pi }$ and Fourier–Stieltjes spaces $\mathrm B_{\pi }$.

scholarly journals On the characters of unitary representations

1988 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
Michael Cowling
Keyword(s):  
Linear Functional ◽  
Trace Class ◽  
Locally Compact Group ◽  
Unitary Representations ◽  
Semisimple Lie Groups ◽  
Unitary Equivalence ◽  
Locally Compact ◽  
Convolution Algebra ◽  
Class Operator ◽  
Dense Subalgebra

AbstractLet G be a locally compact group, and let D(G) be a dense subalgebra of the convolution algebra L1(G). Suppose that π is a unitary representation of G and that, for each u in D(G), π(u)) is a trace-class operator. Then the linear functional u → tr(π(u)) (the trace of π(u)) is called the D-character of π. We give a simple proof that the D-character of such a representation determines the representation up to unitary equivalence. As an application, we give an easy proof of the result of Harish-Chandra that the K-finite characters of unitary representations of semisimple Lie groups determine the representations.

scholarly journals Regularity of induced representations and a theorem of Quigg and Spielberg

2002 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-259
Author(s):  
ASTRID AN HUEF ◽  
IAIN RAEBURN
Keyword(s):  
Compact Group ◽  
Closed Subgroup ◽  
Morita Equivalence ◽  
Locally Compact Group ◽  
Unitary Representations ◽  
Crossed Products ◽  
Locally Compact ◽  
Induced Representations ◽  
Morita Equivalent ◽  
Special Cases

Mackey's imprimitivity theorem characterizes the unitary representations of a locally compact group G which have been induced from representations of a closed subgroup K; Rieffel's influential reformulation says that the group C*-algebra C*(K) is Morita equivalent to the crossed product C0(G/K)×G [14]. There have since been many important generalizations of this theorem, especially by Rieffel [15, 16] and by Green [3, 4]. These are all special cases of the symmetric imprimitivity theorem of [11], which gives a Morita equivalence between two crossed products of induced C*-algebras.

A NOTE ON THE NORMS OF TRANSITION OPERATORS ON LAMPLIGHTER GRAPHS AND GROUPS

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (05n06) ◽  
pp. 1261-1272 ◽  
Author(s):  
WOLFGANG WOESS
Keyword(s):  
Random Walk ◽  
Wreath Products ◽  
Locally Compact Group ◽  
Operator Matrix ◽  
Locally Compact ◽  
Finitely Generated Groups ◽  
Group Of Isometries ◽  
Transition Operators ◽  
Special Case ◽  
Product Of Groups

Let L≀X be a lamplighter graph, i.e., the graph-analogue of a wreath product of groups, and let P be the transition operator (matrix) of a random walk on that structure. We explain how methods developed by Saloff-Coste and the author can be applied for determining the ℓp-norms and spectral radii of P, if one has an amenable (not necessarily discrete or unimodular) locally compact group of isometries that acts transitively on L. This applies, in particular, to wreath products K≀G of finitely-generated groups, where K is amenable. As a special case, this comprises a result of Żuk regarding the ℓ2-spectral radius of symmetric random walks on such groups.

scholarly journals A Primer on Coorbit Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eirik Berge
Keyword(s):  
Locally Compact Group ◽  
Unitary Representations ◽  
Modulation Spaces ◽  
Compact Groups ◽  
Locally Compact ◽  
Coorbit Spaces ◽  
Core Feature ◽  
Coorbit Theory ◽  
Main Ideas ◽  
Conceptual Difficulties

AbstractCoorbit theory is a powerful machinery that constructs a family of Banach spaces, the so-called coorbit spaces, from well-behaved unitary representations of locally compact groups. A core feature of coorbit spaces is that they can be discretized in a way that reflects the geometry of the underlying locally compact group. Many established function spaces such as modulation spaces, Besov spaces, Sobolev–Shubin spaces, and shearlet spaces are examples of coorbit spaces. The goal of this survey is to give an overview of coorbit theory with the aim of presenting the main ideas in an accessible manner. Coorbit theory is generally seen as a complicated theory, filled with both technicalities and conceptual difficulties. Faced with this obstacle, we feel obliged to convince the reader of the theory’s elegance. As such, this survey is a showcase of coorbit theory and should be treated as a stepping stone to more complete sources.

Products of Locally Compact Groups with Zero and Their Actions

1972 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1043-1051
Author(s):  
T. H. McH. Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Locally Compact Group ◽  
Compact Groups ◽  
Direct Products ◽  
Locally Compact ◽  
Compact Spaces ◽  
Compact Topological Semigroup ◽  
Isolated Point ◽  
Locally Compact Spaces ◽  
Special Case ◽  
Locally Compact Topological Group

In [4], Hofmann defines a locally compact group with zero as a Hausdorff locally compact topological semigroup, S, with a non-isolated point, 0, such that G = S — {0} is a group. He shows there that 0 is indeed a zero for 5, G is a locally compact topological group, and the identity of G is the identity of S. The author has investigated actions of such semigroups on locally compact spaces in [1; 2]. In this paper, we are investigating direct products of semigroups of the above type and actions of these products; for a special case of this, the reader is referred to [3].

scholarly journals ON HOMOLOGICAL PROPERTIES FOR SOME MODULES OF UNIFORMLY CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS OVER CONVOLUTION ALGEBRAS

2011 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-185
Author(s):  
RASOUL NASR-ISFAHANI ◽  
SIMA SOLTANI RENANI
Keyword(s):  
Compact Group ◽  
Group Algebra ◽  
Dual Space ◽  
Continuous Functions ◽  
Locally Compact Group ◽  
Measure Algebra ◽  
Locally Compact ◽  
Convolution Algebras ◽  
Uniformly Continuous

AbstractFor a locally compact group G, let LUC(G) denote the space of all left uniformly continuous functions on G. Here, we investigate projectivity, injectivity and flatness of LUC(G) and its dual space LUC(G)* as Banach left modules over the group algebra as well as the measure algebra of G.

scholarly journals Decomposition of representations of SL(2, C) induced by the continuous series of E(2)

1980 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 95-111
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Kaneta
Keyword(s):  
Lorentz Group ◽  
Unitary Representations ◽  
Continuous Series ◽  
Induced Representations ◽  
Irreducible Unitary Representations ◽  
Inhomogeneous Lorentz Group

Since the representations of SL(2, C) induced by irreducible unitary representations of appear as the restriction to the Lorentz group of some irreducible unitary representations of the inhomogeneous Lorentz group, the decomposition of the induced representations deserves our investigation. For the representations of SL(2, C) induced by irreducible unitary representations with discrete spin of E(2), the decomposition has been obtained by Mukunda [9]. We hope that our analysis will justify the calculations by Chakrabarti [1], [2] and [3].

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