Institut für Mathematik, Universität Paderborn, D-33095 Paderborn, Germany ; Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2G1
Abstract:
Continuing earlier work, we investigate two related aspects of the set of continuous positive definite functions on a locally compact group . The first one is the problem of when, for a closed subgroup of , every function in extends to some function in . The second one is the question whether elements in can be separated from by functions in which are identically one on .