On the similarity problem for locally compact quantum groups

A well-known theorem of Day and Dixmier states that any uniformly bounded representation of an amenable locally compact group G on a Hilbert space is similar to a unitary representation. Within the category of locally compact quantum groups, the conjectural analogue of the Day–Dixmier theorem is that every completely bounded Hilbert space representation of the convolution algebra of an amenable locally compact quantum group should be similar to a ?-representation. We prove that this conjecture is false for a large class of non-Kac type compact quantum groups, including all q-deformations of compact simply connected semisimple Lie groups. On the other hand, within the Kac framework, we prove that the Day–Dixmier theorem does indeed hold for several new classes of examples, including amenable discrete quantum groups of Kac-type.     

Pontryagin Duality for a Class of Locally Compact Quantum Groups

A class of locally compact quantum semigroups in the sense of WORONOWICZ , containing the quantized Heisenberg group, is studied. The underlying quantum space is described in terms of a crossed product. We show the existence of a universal corepresentation and a Pontryagin dual, which turns out to be a twisted crossed product. The Pontryagin duality for these quantum semigroups is investigated.     

On cocycle twisting of compact quantum groups

We provide a class of examples of compact quantum groups and unitary 2-cocycles on them, such that the twisted quantum groups are non-compact, but still locally compact quantum groups (in the sense of Kustermans and Vaes). This also gives examples of cocycle twists where the underlying C^∗-algebra of the quantum group changes.     

I-factorial quantum torsors and Heisenberg algebras of quantized universal enveloping type

We introduce a notion of I-factorial quantum torsor, which consists of an integrable ergodic action of a locally compact quantum group on a type I-factor such that also the crossed product is a type I-factor. We show that any such I-factorial quantum torsor is at the same time a I-factorial quantum torsor for the dual locally compact quantum group, in such a way that the construction is involutive. As a motivating example, we show that quantized compact semisimple Lie groups, when amplified via a crossed product construction with the function algebra on the associated weight lattice, admit I-factorial quantum torsors, and give an explicit realization of the dual quantum torsor in terms of a deformed Heisenberg algebra for the Borel part of a quantized universal enveloping algebra.     

Compact quantum groups and group duality

In this paper, we consider the *-representations of compact quantum groups and group duality. The main results in the paper are: (1) there is a one-to-one correspondence between the *-representations of compact quantum groups and *-representations of the dual Banach *-algebra; (2) the category of commutative compact quantum groups (semigroups) is a dual category to the category of compact groups (semigroups); (3) the dual category of the category of locally compact groups (semigroups) is the category of commutative Hopf C^*-algebras with a particular property. Our group duality has the flavor of a Gelfand-Naimark type theorem for compact quantum groups, and for Hopf C^*-algebras.     

On Racah operators

As a generalization of the well-known Racah coefficients (defined for finite-dimensional representations of semisimple Lie groups), we introduce the notion of Racah operators for locally compact groups with “nice” dual space. In the case of the group PSL(2,?), these operators are explicitly indicated.     

A simple definition for locally compact quantum groups

In this Note we propose a simple definition of a locally compact quantum group in reduced form. By the word “reduced” we mean that we suppose the Haar weight to be faithful, and hence we define in fact arbitrary locally compact quantum groups represented on the L²-space of the Haar weight. We construct the multiplicative unitary associated with our quantum group. We construct the antipode with its polar decomposition, and the modular element. We prove the unicity of the Haar weights, define the dual and prove a Pontryagin duality theorem.     

Harmonic analysis on symmetric Stein manifolds from the point of view of complex analysis

The classical theory of finite dimensional representations of compact and complex semisimple Lie groups is discussed from the perspective of multidimensional complex geometry and analysis. The key tool is the complex horospherical transform which establishes a duality between spaces of holomorphic functions on symmetric Stein manifolds and dual horospherical manifolds. Communicated by: Toshiyuki Kobayashi     

A trace formula for non-unitary representations of a uniform lattice

A trace formula for non-uintary twists is given for compact quotients of semisimple Lie groups on the one hand and totally disconnected groups on the other.     

Langlands duality for representations of quantum groups

We establish a correspondence (or duality) between the characters and the crystal bases of finite-dimensional representations of quantum groups associated to Langlands dual semi-simple Lie algebras. This duality may also be stated purely in terms of semi-simple Lie algebras. To explain this duality, we introduce an “interpolating quantum group” depending on two parameters which interpolates between a quantum group and its Langlands dual. We construct examples of its representations, depending on two parameters, which interpolate between representations of two Langlands dual quantum groups.     

The topology of a semisimple Lie group is essentially unique

We study locally compact group topologies on simple and semisimple Lie groups. We show that the Lie group topology on such a group S is very rigid: every “abstract” isomorphism between S and a locally compact and σ-compact group Γ is automatically a homeomorphism, provided that S is absolutely simple. If S is complex, then noncontinuous field automorphisms of the complex numbers have to be considered, but that is all. We obtain similar results for semisimple groups.     

Duality between compactness and discreteness beyond pontryagin duality

One of the most striking results of Pontryagin’s duality theory is the duality between compact and discrete locally compact abelian groups. This duality also persists in part for objects associated with noncommutative topological groups. In particular, it is well known that the dual space of a compact topological group is discrete, while the dual space of a discrete group is quasicompact (i.e., it satisfies the finite covering theorem but is not necessarily Hausdorff). The converse of the former assertion is also true, whereas the converse of the latter is not (there are simple examples of nondiscrete locally compact solvable groups of height 2 whose dual spaces are quasicompact and non-Hausdorff (they are T ₁ spaces)). However, in the class of locally compact groups all of whose irreducible unitary representations are finite-dimensional, a group is discrete if and only if its dual space is quasicompact (and is automatically a T ₁ space). The proof is based on the structural theorem for locally compact groups all of whose irreducible unitary representations are finite-dimensional. Certain duality between compactness and discreteness can also be revealed in groups that are not necessarily locally compact but are unitarily, or at least reflexively, representable, provided that (in the simplest case) the irreducible representations of a group form a sufficiently large family and have jointly bounded dimensions. The corresponding analogs of compactness and discreteness cannot always be easily identified, but they are still duals of each other to some extent.     

Rigidity of Hamiltonian actions on Poisson manifolds

This paper is about the rigidity of compact group actions in the Poisson context. The main result is that Hamiltonian actions of compact semisimple type are rigid. We prove it via a Nash–Moser normal form theorem for closed subgroups of SCI type. This Nash–Moser normal form has other applications to stability results that we will explore in a future paper. We also review some classical rigidity results for differentiable actions of compact Lie groups and export it to the case of symplectic actions of compact Lie groups on symplectic manifolds.     

Embeddable quantum homogeneous spaces

We discuss various notions generalizing the concept of a homogeneous space to the setting of locally compact quantum groups. On the von Neumann algebra level we recall an interesting duality for such objects studied earlier by M. Izumi, R. Longo, S. Popa for compact Kac algebras and by M. Enock in the general case of locally compact quantum groups. A definition of a quantum homogeneous space is proposed along the lines of the pioneering work of Vaes on induction and imprimitivity for locally compact quantum groups. The concept of an embeddable quantum homogeneous space is selected and discussed in detail as it seems to be the natural candidate for the quantum analog of classical homogeneous spaces. Among various examples we single out the quantum analog of the quotient of the Cartesian product of a quantum group with itself by the diagonal subgroup, analogs of quotients by compact subgroups as well as quantum analogs of trivial principal bundles. The former turns out to be an interesting application of the duality mentioned above.     

On a theorem by Farb and Masur

Farb and Masur showed that an irreducible lattice in a semisimple Lie group of rank at least two always has finite image by a homomorphism into the outer automorphism group of a closed, orientable surface group. We point out that their theorem extends to the outer automorphism groups of a certain class of torsion-free, freely indecomposable word-hyperbolic groups.

     

Stability results for approximation by positive definite functions on SO(3)

We consider interpolation methods defined by positive definite functions on a locally compact group G. Estimates for the smallest and largest eigenvalue of the interpolation matrix in terms of the localization of the positive definite function on G are presented, and we provide a method to get positive definite functions explicitly on compact semisimple Lie groups. Finally, we apply our results to construct well-localized positive definite basis functions having nice stability properties on the rotation group SO(3).     

Assouad–Nagata dimension of connected Lie groups

We prove that the asymptotic Assouad–Nagata dimension of a connected Lie group G equipped with a left-invariant Riemannian metric coincides with its topological dimension of G/C where C is a maximal compact subgroup. To prove it we will compute the Assouad–Nagata dimension of connected solvable Lie groups and semisimple Lie groups. As a consequence we show that the asymptotic Assouad–Nagata dimension of a polycyclic group equipped with a word metric is equal to its Hirsch length and that some wreath-type finitely generated groups can not be quasi-isometrically embedded into any cocompact lattice on a connected Lie group.     

Equivariant Poincaré duality for quantum group actions

We extend the notion of Poincaré duality in KK-theory to the setting of quantum group actions. An important ingredient in our approach is the replacement of ordinary tensor products by braided tensor products. Along the way we discuss general properties of equivariant KK-theory for locally compact quantum groups, including the construction of exterior products. As an example, we prove that the standard Podle? sphere is equivariantly Poincaré dual to itself.     

On the factor sets of measures and local tightness of convolution semigroups over Lie groups

It is shown that for a large class of Lie groups (called weakly algebraic groups) including all connected semisimple Lie groups the following holds: for any probability measure on the Lie group the set of all two-sided convolution factors is compact if and only if the centralizer of the support of inG is compact. This is applied to prove that for any connected Lie groupG, any homomorphism of any real directed (submonogeneous) semigroup into the topological semigroup of all probability measures onG is locally tight.     

Über den Symmetriegrad der rational azyklischen kompakten homogenen Räume

Actions of compact Lie groups on the homogeneous spaces G/NT, G a compact connected semisimple Lie group, NTG the normalizor of a maximal torus T in G, are considered. If the acting group is a torus, the action is lifted to the universal covering G/T and the corresponding equivariant cohomology is computed for a coefficient field of characteristic O. The symmetry degree of all homogeneous spaces G/NT is computed confirming a conjecture of W. Y. Hsiang. The nonexistence of fixed points of semisimple compact Lie group actions on G/NT is proved in the case that the group acts differentiably and effectively.