THE GLIMM IDEAL SPACE OF A TWO-STEP NILPOTENT LOCALLY COMPACT GROUP

For a two-step nilpotent locally compact group $G$, we determine the Glimm ideal space of the group $C^*$-algebra $C^*(G)$ and its topology. This leads to necessary and sufficient conditions for $C^*(G)$ to be quasi-standard. Moreover, some results about the Glimm classes of points in the primitive ideal space $\mathrm{Prim}(C^*(G))$ are obtained.AMS 2000 Mathematics subject classification: Primary 22D25. Secondary 22D10