Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3QY, Scotland, United Kingdom ; Fachbereich Mathematik/Informatik, Universität Paderborn, D-33095 Paderborn, Germany
Abstract:
The problem of when the group -algebra of a locally compact group is quasi-standard is investigated for certain simply connected nilpotent Lie groups. The characterization is in terms of the coadjoint orbit structure in the dual of the Lie algebra.