On orthogonal projectors induced by compact groups and Haar measures

We study the difference of two orthogonal projectors induced by compact groups of linear operators acting on a vector space. An upper bound for the difference is derived using the Haar measures of the groups. A particular attention is paid to finite groups. Some applications are given for complex matrices and unitarily invariant norms. Majorization inequalities of Fan and Hoffmann and of Causey are rediscovered.     

Weakly infinitely divisible measures on some locally compact Abelian groups

On the torus group, on the group of p-adic integers, and on the p-adic solenoid, we give a construction of an arbitrary weakly infinitely divisible probability measure using a random element with values in a product of (possibly infinitely many) subgroups of ℝ. As a special case of our results, we have a new construction of the Haar measure on the p-adic solenoid.     

The Heyde theorem for locally compact Abelian groups

We prove a group analogue of the well-known Heyde theorem where a Gaussian measure is characterized by the symmetry of the conditional distribution of one linear form given another. Let X be a locally compact second countable Abelian group containing no subgroup topologically isomorphic to the circle group T, G be the subgroup of X generated by all elements of order 2, and Aut(X) be the set of all topological automorphisms of X. Let αj,βj∈Aut(X), j=1,2,…,n, n?2, such that for all i≠j. Let ξj be independent random variables with values in X and distributions μj with non-vanishing characteristic functions. If the conditional distribution of L₂=β₁ξ₁+?+βnξn given L₁=α₁ξ₁+?+αnξn is symmetric, then each μj=γj∗ρj, where γj are Gaussian measures, and ρj are distributions supported in G.     

Lehmer's problem for compact Abelian groups

We formulate Lehmer's Problem concerning the Mahler measure of polynomials for general compact abelian groups, introducing a Lehmer constant for each such group. We show that all nontrivial connected compact groups have the same Lehmer constant and conjecture the value of the Lehmer constant for finite cyclic groups. We also show that if a group has infinitely many connected components, then its Lehmer constant vanishes.

     

Torsion-complete and algebraically compact groups with compact endomorphism rings

We give a complete characterization of torsion-complete and algebraically compact abelian groups whose endomorphism rings admit a compact ring topology.     

Aspects of compact quantum group theory

We show that if a compact quantum semigroup satisfies certain weak cancellation laws, then it admits a Haar measure, and using this we show that it is a compact quantum group. Thus, we obtain a new characterization of a compact quantum group. We also give a necessary and sufficient algebraic condition for the Haar measure of a compact quantum group to be faithful, in the case that its coordinate -algebra is exact. A representation is given for the linear dual of the Hopf -algebra of a compact quantum group, and a functional calculus for unbounded linear functionals is derived.

     

A compact group which is not Valdivia compact

A compact space is Valdivia compact if it can be embedded in a Tikhonov cube in such a way that the intersection is dense in , where is the sigma-product ( the set of points with countably many non-zero coordinates). We show that there exists a compact connected Abelian group of weight which is not Valdivia compact, and deduce that Valdivia compact spaces are not preserved by open maps.

     

Hausdorff operators on compact abelian groups

Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the boundedness of Hausdorff operators on the generalized Hardy spaces $H_E^p(G)$, real Hardy space $H_{\mathbb{R}}^1(G)$, $\text{BMO}(G)$, and $\text{BMOA}(G)$ for compact Abelian group G. Surprisingly, these conditions turned out to be the same for all groups and spaces under consideration. Applications to Dirichlet series are given. The case of the space of continuous functions on G and examples are also considered.     

On based-free actions of compact lie groups on the hilbert cube

It is proved that a based-free action α of a given compact Lie groupG on the Hilbert cubeQ is equivalent to the standard based-free action σ if and only if the orbit spaceQ ₀/α of the free partQ ₀=Q* is aQ-manifold having the proper homotopy type of the orbit spaceQ ₀/σ. The existence of an equivariant retraction (Q ₀, σ)→(Q ₀, α) is established. It is proved that for any TikhonovG-spaceX the family of all equivariant mapsX→ conG separates the points and the closed sets inX. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 163–174, February, 1999.     

On the measure theoretic structure of compact groups

If is a compact group with , we show the following results:

(i)

There exist direct products of compact metric groups and continuous open surjections with respect to Haar measure; and

(ii)

the Haar measure on is Baire and at the same time Jordan isomorphic to the Haar measure on a direct product of compact Lie groups.

Applications of the above results in measure theory are given.

     

Vector-valued Hausdorff-Young inequality on compact groups

The main purpose of this paper is to study the validity of theHausdorff–Young inequality for vector-valued functionsdefined on a non-commutative compact group. As we explain inthe introduction, the natural context for this research is thatof operator spaces. This leads us to formulate a whole new theoryof Fourier type and cotype for the category of operator spaces.The present paper is the first step in this program, where thebasic theory is presented, the main examples are analyzed andsome important questions are posed. 2000 Mathematics SubjectClassification 43A77, 46L07.     

Semi-free actions of zero-dimensional compact groups on Menger compacta

Let be the -dimensional universal Menger compactum, a -set in and a metrizable zero-dimensional compact group with the unit. It is proved that there exists a semi-free -action on such that is the fixed point set of every . As a corollary, it follows that each compactum with can be embedded in as the fixed point set of some semi-free -action on .

     

Measures with natural spectra on locally compact abelian groups

Every bounded regular Borel measure on noncompact LCA groups is a sum of an absolutely continuous measure and a measure with natural spectrum. The set of bounded regular Borel measures with natural spectrum on a nondiscrete LCA group whose Fourier-Stieltjes transforms vanish at infinity is closed under addition if and only if is compact.

     

Essential subgroups of topological groups

We study the class Wof Hausdorff topological groups Gfor which the following two cardinal invariants coincide

ES(G)=min{|H|:H≤ Gdense and essential}

TD(G)=min{|H|:H≤ Gtotally dense}

We prove that W contains the following classes:locally compact abelian groups, compact connected groups, countably compact totally discon¬nected abelian groups, topologically simple groups, locally compact Abelian groups when endowed with their Bohr topology, totally minimal abelian groups and free Abelian topological groups. For all these classes we are also able to giv ean explicit computation of the common value of ESand TD.     

Ergodic measures of geodesic flows on compact Lie groups

Let Ψ be the geodesic flow associated with a two-sided invariant metric on a compact Lie group. In this paper, we prove that every ergodic measure μ of Ψ is supported on the unit tangent bundle of a flat torus. As an application, all Lyapunov exponents of μ are zero hence μ is not hyperbolic. Our underlying manifolds have nonnegative curvature (possibly strictly positive on some sections), whereas in contrast, all geodesic flows related to negative curvature are Anosov hence every ergodic measure is hyperbolic.     

Extremal pseudocompact Abelian groups are compact metrizable

Every pseudocompact Abelian group of uncountable weight has both a proper dense pseudocompact subgroup and a strictly finer pseudocompact group topology.

     

Concentration of Haar measures, with an application to random matrices

We show that the mixing times of random walks on compact groups can be used to obtain concentration inequalities for the respective Haar measures. As an application, we derive a concentration inequality for the empirical distribution of eigenvalues of sums of random Hermitian matrices, with possible applications in free probability. The advantage over existing techniques is that the new method can deal with functions that are non-Lipschitz or even discontinuous with respect to the usual metrics.