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$\DeclareMathOperator\ND{ND}$I am reading E. Bedos paper on heat properties for groups. Let's denote, for a group G, $$\ND^+_0(G) := \{d : G \to [0,+\infty[\; : \;d \text{ is negative definite and }d(...

Let $g$ be a non-identity element in a torsion-free amenable group, does there exist a finite-dimensional unitary representation $\pi$ with $\pi(g)\neq 1$? (The word "finite-dimensional" was ...

In 1977, Joan Plastiras gave a striking example of two non $*$-isomorphic C$^*$-algebras $\mathcal A$ and $\mathcal B$ such that $$\mathcal A \otimes M_2(\mathbb C) \simeq \mathcal B\otimes M_2(\...