The Isolated Points of G{rho} and the w*-Strongly Exposed Points of P{rho}(G)0 |
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Authors: | Miao Tianxuan |
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Institution: | Department of Mathematical Sciences, Lakehead University Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7E 5E1, tmiao{at}thunder.lakeheadu.ca |
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Abstract: | Let G be a separable locally compact group and let be its dualspace with Fell's topology. It is well known that the set P(G)of continuous positive-definite functions on G can be identifiedwith the set of positive linear functionals on the group C*-algebraC*(G). We show that if is discrete in , then there exists anonzero positive-definite function associated with such that is a w*-strongly exposed point of P(G)0, where P(G)0={f P(G):f(e)1. Conversely, if some nonzero positive-definite function associatedwith is a w*-strongly exposed point of P(G)0, then is isolatedin . Consequently, G is compact if and only if, for every ,there exists a nonzero positive-definite function associatedwith that is a w*-strongly exposed point of P(G)0. If, in addition,G is unimodular and , then is isolated in if and only if somenonzero positive-definite function associated with is a w*-stronglyexposed point of P(G)0, where is the left regular representationof G and is the reduced dual space of G. We prove that if B(G)has the RadonNikodym property, then the set of isolatedpoints of (so square-integrable if G is unimodular) is densein . It is also proved that if G is a separable SIN-group, thenG is amenable if and only if there exists a closed point in. In particular, for a countable discrete non-amenable groupG (for example the free group F2 on two generators), there isno closed point in its reduced dual space . |
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