A PARAMETRIZATION OF δ-SPHERICAL FUNCTIONS ON COMMUTATIVE TRIPLES ASSOCIATED WITH NILPOTENT LIE GROUPS

Let $N$ be a connected and simply connected nilpotent Lie group, $K$ be a compact subgroup of $Aut(N)$, the group of automorphisms of $N$ and $\delta$ be a class of unitary irreducible representations of $K$. The triple $(N,K,\delta)$ is a commutative triple if the convolution algebra $\mathfrak{U}_{\delta}^{1}(N)$ of $\delta$-radial integrable functions is commutative. In this paper, we obtain first a parametrization of $\delta$ spherical functions by means of the unitary dual $\widehat{N}$ and then an inversion formula for the spherical transform of $F\in \mathfrak{U}_{\delta}^{1}(N)$.

Quantum Stochastic Products and the Quantum Convolution

A quantum stochastic product is a binary operation on the space of quantum states preserving the convex structure. We describe a class of associative stochastic products, the twirled products, that have interesting connections with quantum measurement theory. Constructing such a product involves a square integrable group representation, a probability measure and a fiducial state. By extending a twirled product to the full space of trace class operators, one obtains a Banach algebra. This algebra is commutative if the underlying group is abelian. In the case of the group of translations on phase space, one gets a quantum convolution algebra, a quantum counterpart of the classical phase-space convolution algebra. The peculiar role of the fiducial state characterizing each quantum convolution product is highlighted.

Étale groupoid algebras with coefficients in a sheaf and skew inverse semigroup rings

Given an action ${\varphi }$ of inverse semigroup S on a ring A (with domain of ${\varphi }(s)$ denoted by $D_{s^*}$ ), we show that if the ideals $D_e$ , with e an idempotent, are unital, then the skew inverse semigroup ring $A\rtimes S$ can be realized as the convolution algebra of an ample groupoid with coefficients in a sheaf of (unital) rings. Conversely, we show that the convolution algebra of an ample groupoid with coefficients in a sheaf of rings is isomorphic to a skew inverse semigroup ring of this sort. We recover known results in the literature for Steinberg algebras over a field as special cases.

Weighted Orlicz algebras on hypergroups

Let K be a hypergroup, w be a weight function and let (?,?) be a complementary pair of Young functions. We consider the weighted Orlicz space L??(K) and investigate some of its algebraic properties under convolution. We also study the existence of an approximate identity for the Banach algebra L?w(K). Further, we describe the maximal ideal space of the convolution algebra L?w(K) for a commutative hypergroup K.

Topological tensor product of bimodules, complete Hopf algebroids and convolution algebras

Given a finitely generated and projective Lie–Rinehart algebra, we show that there is a continuous homomorphism of complete commutative Hopf algebroids between the completion of the finite dual of its universal enveloping Hopf algebroid and the associated convolution algebra. The topological Hopf algebroid structure of this convolution algebra is here clarified, by providing an explicit description of its topological antipode as well as of its other structure maps. Conditions under which that homomorphism becomes an homeomorphism are also discussed. These results, in particular, apply to the smooth global sections of any Lie algebroid over a smooth (connected) manifold and they lead a new formal groupoid scheme to enter into the picture. In the appendices we develop the necessary machinery behind complete Hopf algebroid constructions, which involves also the topological tensor product of filtered bimodules over filtered rings.

Peter–Weyl Iwahori Algebras

The Peter–Weyl idempotent $e_{\mathscr{P}}$ of a parahoric subgroup $\mathscr{P}$ is the sum of the idempotents of irreducible representations of $\mathscr{P}$ that have a nonzero Iwahori fixed vector. The convolution algebra associated with $e_{\mathscr{P}}$ is called a Peter–Weyl Iwahori algebra. We show that any Peter–Weyl Iwahori algebra is Morita equivalent to the Iwahori–Hecke algebra. Both the Iwahori–Hecke algebra and a Peter–Weyl Iwahori algebra have a natural conjugate linear anti-involution $\star$, and the Morita equivalence preserves irreducible hermitian and unitary modules. Both algebras have another anti-involution, denoted by $\bullet$, and the Morita equivalence preserves irreducible and unitary modules for $\bullet$.

Extreme non-Arens regularity of the group algebra

The Banach algebras of Harmonic Analysis are usually far from being Arens regular and often turn out to be as irregular as possible. This utmost irregularity has been studied by means of two notions: strong Arens irregularity, in the sense of Dales and Lau, and extreme non-Arens regularity, in the sense of Granirer. Lau and Losert proved in 1988 that the convolution algebra {L^{1}(G)} is strongly Arens irregular for any infinite locally compact group. In the present paper, we prove that {L^{1}(G)} is extremely non-Arens regular for any infinite locally compact group. We actually prove the stronger result that for any non-discrete locally compact group G, there is a linear isometry from {L^{\infty}(G)} into the quotient space {L^{\infty}(G)/\mathcal{F}(G)}, with {\mathcal{F}(G)} being any closed subspace of {L^{\infty}(G)} made of continuous bounded functions. This, together with the known fact that {\ell^{\infty}(G)/\mathscr{W\!A\!P}(G)} always contains a linearly isometric copy of {\ell^{\infty}(G)}, proves that {L^{1}(G)} is extremely non-Arens regular for every infinite locally compact group.