Von Neumann algebras and linear independence of translates
Authors:
Peter A. Linnell
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Virginia Polytech Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061--0123
Abstract:
For and , define and if , define . It has been conjectured that if , then is linearly independent over ; one motivation for this problem comes from Gabor analysis. We shall prove that is linearly independent if and is contained in a discrete subgroup of , and as a byproduct we shall obtain some results on the group von Neumann algebra generated by the operators . Also, we shall prove these results for the obvious generalization to .