Normal ergodic actions

The von Neumann-Halmos theory of ergodic transformations with discrete spectrum makes use of the duality theory of locally compact abelian groups to characterize those transformations preserving a probability measure, which are defined by a rotation on a compact abelian group. We use the recently developed duality between general locally compact groups and Hopf-von Neumann algebras to characterize those actions of a locally compact group, preserving a σ-finite measure, which are defined by a dense embedding in another group. They are characterized by the property of normality, previously introduced by the author, and motivated by Mackey's theory of virtual groups. The discrete spectrum theory is readily seen to come out as the special case in which the invariant measure is finite.     

Non-Archimedean Duality: Algebras,Groups, and Multipliers

We develop a duality theory for multiplier Banach-Hopf algebras over a non-Archimedean field ??. As examples, we consider algebras corresponding to discrete groups and zero-dimensional locally compact groups with ??-valued Haar measure, as well as algebras of operators generated by regular representations of discrete groups.     

Strong Ditkin sets in the spectrum of a commutative Banach algebra and the Fourier algebra

We extend the notion of a strong Ditkin set in the dual group for the \({L^1}\)-algebra of a locally compact abelian group as well as a large number of results for such sets to the setting of a general regular and semisimple commutative Banach algebra and its spectrum. In particular, we study various stability and inheritance properties. Moreover, we present some applications to Fourier algebras of locally compact groups and an example of a compact, infinite double coset hypergroup for which every closed subset is a strong Ditkin set for its Fourier algebra.     

Uncertainty inequalities for hopf algebras

The uncertainty principle was recently formulated for locally compact Abelian groups and for finite groups. In this paper similar inequalities are found for certain Hopf algebras. Some cases of equality are characterized, showing a connection with right coideal subalgebras that are Forbenius algebras.     

Multipliers and Modulus on Banach Algebras Related to Locally Compact Groups

LetGbe a locally compact group. In this paper we study moduli of products of elements and of multipliers of Banach algebras which are related to locally compact groups and which admit lattice structure. As a consequence, we obtain a characterization of operators onL^∞(G) which commute with convolutions whenGis amenable as discrete.     

Orlicz Figà – Talamanca Herz algebras and invariant means

The aim of this paper is to initiate a systematic study of the Orlicz Figà – Talamanca Herz algebras on locally compact groups. We also introduce and study invariant means on the dual of these algebras.     

Compact Operators on Homogeneous Banach Spaces of Distributions on Locally Compact Abelian Groups

In this paper, two theorems about the compactness of almost invariant operators on homogeneous Banach spaces of distributions (in the sense of Feichtinger [11]) defined on a locally compact abelian group are proved. Our theorems generalize the corresponding results of K. de Leeuw [3] and Tewari and Madan [18] for operators on homogeneous Banach spaces on the circle group and Segal algebras on a compact abelian groups, respectively.AMS Subject Classification 2000: 43A85, 47B07.     

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.     

Generalized notions of amenability

New notions of amenability and contractability are introduced. Examples are given to show that for most of the new notions, the corresponding class of Banach algebras is larger than that for the classical amenable algebras introduced by Johnson. General theory is developed for these notions, and studied for several concrete classes of Banach algebras; special consideration is given to Banach algebras defined on locally compact groups.     

Spectral invariance of smooth crossed products, and rapid decay locally compact groups

We show that all rapid-decay locally compact groups are unimodular and that the set of rapid-decay functions on a locally compact rapidly decaying group forms a dense and spectral invariant Fréchet *-subalgebra of the reduced group C ^*-algebra. In general, the set of rapid-decay functions on a locally compact strongly rapid-decay group with values in a commutative C ^*-algebra forms a dense and spectral invariant Fréchet *-subalgebra of the twisted crossed product C ^*-algebra. The spectral invariance property implies that the K-theories of both algebras are naturally isomorphic under inclusion.This project is supported in part by the National Science Foundation Grant #DMS 92-04005.     

Order Continuity of Locally Compact Boolean Algebras

The main purpose of this paper is to exhibit the decisive role that order continuity plays in the structure of locally compact Boolean algebras as well as in that of atomic topological Boolean algebras. We prove that the following three conditions are equivalent for a topological Boolean algebra B: (1) B is compact; (2) B is locally compact, Boolean complete, order continuous; (3) B is Boolean complete, atomic and order continuous. Note that under the discrete topology any Boolean algebra is locally compact.     

Construction of cocycles for bicrossproduct of Lie groups

We obtain an explicit formula for finding cocycles on a matched pair of Lie groups by using cocycles on the corresponding pair of Lie algebras. This formula for cocycles allows one to construct examples of locally compact quantum groups via bicrossproduct of Lie groups.     

A constructive proof of the Peter‐Weyl theorem

We present a new and constructive proof of the Peter‐Weyl theorem on the representations of compact groups. We use the Gelfand representation theorem for commutative C*‐algebras to give a proof which may be seen as a direct generalization of Burnside's algorithm [3]. This algorithm computes the characters of a finite group. We use this proof as a basis for a constructive proof in the style of Bishop. In fact, the present theory of compact groups may be seen as a natural continuation in the line of Bishop's work on locally compact, but Abelian, groups [2]. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Approximate and pseudo-amenability of various classes of Banach algebras

We continue the investigation of notions of approximate amenability that were introduced in work of the second and third authors together with R.J. Loy. It is shown that every boundedly approximately contractible Banach algebra has a bounded approximate identity, and that the Fourier algebra of the free group on two generators is not operator approximately amenable. Further examples are obtained of ?¹-semigroup algebras which are approximately amenable but not amenable; using these, we show that bounded approximate contractibility need not imply sequential approximate amenability. Results are also given for Segal algebras on locally compact groups, and algebras of p-pseudo-functions on discrete groups.     

Applications of operator spaces to abstract harmonic analysis

We give a survey of how the relatively young theory of operator spaces has led to a deeper understanding of the Fourier algebra of a locally compact group (and of related algebras).     

Completely bounded disjointness preserving operators between Fourier algebras

In this paper, we characterize surjective completely bounded disjointness preserving linear operators on Fourier algebras of locally compact amenable groups. We show that such operators are given by weighted homomorphisms induced by piecewise affine proper maps.     

A class of symmetric and a class of Wiener group algebras

It is shown that connected groups of polynomial growth and compact extensions of nilpotent group have symmetric group algebras and that the group algebras of discrete solvable groups have the Wiener property.     

Volterra-like Banach Algebras and their Second Duals

 This paper presents and studies a class of algebras which includes the usual Volterra algebra. Roughly speaking, they relate to the Volterra algebra in the way a general locally compact group relates to ℝ. We show that they can be viewed as quotients of some semigroup algebras introduced by Baker and Baker [1]. Their sets of nilpotent elements are dense. We investigate the second duals of these algebras and find that most of the properties found in [7] for the biduals of the group algebras L ¹(G) for compact G are retained here.     

The Banach algebras generated by representations of abelian semigroups

Let S be a suitable subsemigroup of a locally compact abelian group. We consider the class of Banach algebras A for which there exists a continuous homomorphism ω : L ¹ (S) → A with dense range. We study the behavior of the radical in such algebras. As an application, we present some results concerning the structure of weakly compact homomorphisms of semigroup algebras.     

A refinement of Stone duality to skew Boolean algebras

We establish two theorems that refine the classical Stone duality between generalized Boolean algebras and locally compact Boolean spaces. In the first theorem, we prove that the category of left-handed skew Boolean algebras whose morphisms are proper skew Boolean algebra homomorphisms is equivalent to the category of étale spaces over locally compact Boolean spaces whose morphisms are étale space cohomomorphisms over continuous proper maps. In the second theorem, we prove that the category of left-handed skew Boolean -algebras whose morphisms are proper skew Boolean -algebra homomorphisms is equivalent to the category of étale spaces with compact clopen equalizers over locally compact Boolean spaces whose morphisms are injective étale space cohomomorphisms over continuous proper maps.