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A question on projective unitary representation of a Lie group

$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}$Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a Hilbert space and $\GL(\mathcal{H})$ denote the group of invertible linear transformations of $\mathcal{H}$. Assume that $G=\{ f:\mathbb{P}\mathcal{...
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Models for Eilenberg-MacLane space K(Z,3)

Denote by $U(H)$ and $PU(H)$ the unitary and projective unitary groups on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space $H$. Recall that $U(H)$ is contractible by Kuiper's theorem and that $PU(H)$ is a $K(Z,2)...
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Lie algebra action Whittaker model

Let $(\pi, H)$ be an irreducible unitary generic representation of $G=\operatorname{GL}(r,\mathbb{C})$ and let $H^{\infty}$ be its subspace of smooth vectors. Let $W :G\to\mathbb{C} $ be the Whittaker ...
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The density of the image of a unitary irrep (a generalization of Burnside's theorem)

I asked the following question on MSE and never got an answer. I am curious if there are any generalizations of Burnside's theorem (If $(\pi,V)$ is irreducible, then $\pi(G)$ spans $\operatorname{End}(...
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Do all unitary representations weakly converge to zero at infinity?

Question. Let $G$ be a non-compact, finite dimensional Lie group, and let $(X, \mu)$ be a Radon measure space. Let $$\rho\colon G\to U(L^2(X))$$ be a unitary, strongly continuous, representation. Is ...
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Structure of a group acting on a Hilbert space

Assume a group $G$ acts faithfully by isometries on a separable infinite dimensional Hilbert space $H$ in such a way that the orbits are closed and the quotient $H/G$ is isometric to a finite ...
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Fell's trick for Lie groups

Let $\Gamma$ be a countable discrete group and $\lambda$ the left regular representation of $\Gamma$ on $l^2(\Gamma)$. Let $\rho:\Gamma\rightarrow U(H)$ be a unitary representation of $\Gamma$ on some ...
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Araki's proof of simple connectedness of the restricted orthogonal group

I am trying to understand Araki's proof of the statement that the restricted orthogonal group of a Hilbert space with a unitary structure is simply connected. This proof starts on page 114 of these ...
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Characters of irreducible unitary representations of the Poincaré group

Consider Poincare group $\mathrm{ISO}(1,d-1)$, given by $\mathbb R^{1,d-1}\rtimes SO(1,d-1)$ in signature $(1,d-1)$, for some odd $d \geq 3$. Denote the universal cover of the component connected to ...
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Equivariant exponential map on Hilbert manifolds

Let $M$ be a Hilbert Riemannian manifold and $G$ a finite-dimensional Lie group acting on $M$. It is well-known that when $M$, too, is finite-dimensional $$\exp_p: U \subset T_pM \rightarrow \exp_p(U) ...
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Theorem of Kuiper for Hilbert spaces with group action

Let $H$ be an infinite dimensional separable complex Hilbert space with Lie group action (I am mostly interested in the case $S^1$). Let $\text{Gl}_{G}(H)$ be the space of invertible, bounded and ...
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Is $GL_{S^1}(H)$ (for $H$ Hilbert space ) path-connected?

Due to the negative answer to my last question I want to know if at least the following is true: Let H be an infinite dimensional separable complex Hilbert space with $S^1$-action. Let $\text{Gl}_{S^...
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Monotone functions are differentiable a.e. and Hilbert's Fifth Problem: what's the connection?

In Andrew Gleason's interview for More Mathematical People, there is the following exchange concerning Gleason's work on Hilbert's fifth problem on whether every locally Euclidean topological group is ...