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Existence of orthonormal basis for $L^2(G)$ in $C_c(G)$

Remark: I cross-posted this question on MSE and added a bounty to it. Suppose that $G$ is a locally compact (Hausdorff) group endowed with the Haar measure. It is well-known that the compactly ...
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A basis of the Banach space $L^p(\mathbb T^\omega)$ consisting of characters

Problem: For $1<p<\infty$, $p\ne 2$, has the complex Banach space $L^p(\mathbb T^\omega)$ got a Schauder basis consisting of characters of the compact topological group $\mathbb T^\omega$? (...
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Degree of automorphic forms, SL(3,Z), and the elliptic Gamma function

In this article, the authors interpret a certain special function, the elliptic Gamma function, defined as $$ \Gamma(z,\tau,\sigma)=\prod_{j,k=0}^\infty\frac{1-e^{2\pi i((j+1)\tau+(k+1)\sigma-z)}}{1-...
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About path-connected components of the Bohr compactification of $\mathbb{R}^d$

Let ${\rm b}(\mathbb{R}^d)$ denote the Bohr compactification of $\mathbb{R}^d$, with $d\in\mathbb{N}$. This is the Pontryagin dual of the group $\mathbb{R}^d_d$, corresponding to $\mathbb{R}^d$ with ...
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Does every compact abelian group contain a Kronecker set generating a dense subgroup?

Let $G$ be a compact metrizable abelian group with infinite exponent. Let $S^1 = \left\{z \in \mathbb{C} : |z| = 1 \right\}$. A set $K \subset G$ is a Kronecker set if, for every continuous function $...
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Is $\mathbf{C}_p(X)$ self-dual?

Let $X$ be a set. Consider $\mathbf{Q}_p$ and $\mathbf{Z}_p$ as the $p$-adic numbers and $p$-adic integers, respectively. For any finite subset $F \subseteq X$, one can construct the topological ...
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Haar mesure on $\mathrm{GL}_{d}(F)$

$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}$Let $F$ be a $\mathfrak{p}$-adic field and $\mathscr{O}_{F}$ its valuation ring. For any measurable subset of $M_{d}(F)$ such as $$ A= \left( \begin{array}{ccc} a_{11}+t^{\...
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Two cardinal characteristics of the continuum, related to the Bohr topology on integers

For a subset $A\subseteq\mathbb T$ of the unit circle $\mathbb T=\{z\in\mathbb C:|z|=1\}$, let $\tau_A$ be the smallest topology on the additive group of integers $\mathbb Z$ such that for every $z\in ...
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Characterizing Herz-Schur multipliers using coefficient functions of uniformly bounded representations

Let $G$ be a group and let $c > 1$ be a constant. We denote by $B_c(G)$ the space of all coefficients of the representations of $G$ which are uniformly bounded by $c$; more precisely, a function $f:...
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Characterization of Vilenkin group

It is shown in [1, Section 1] by C.W. Onneweer that every infinite compact, metrizable, zero-dimensional commutative group is a Vilenkin group. My question is does this implication also hold if we ...
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Failure of Schur's lemma for topological group representations

Is there an example of $G$, $\rho$ as below? $G$ is a locally compact group. $\rho$ is an irreducible continuous representation of $G$ on a complex Hilbert space $V$. This means that we have a ...
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Norm under Gelfand map vs norm under left regular representation on $\ell^p$

Let $G$ be a discrete commutative group. Let $p \in [1,\infty)$ and consider the left regular representation $\lambda : \ell^1(G) \to \mathcal{B}(\ell^p(G))$; that is $\lambda(x)y := x*y$, where $$ (x*...
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About the nilpotency of a subgroup

Let $G$ be a compact group. Let $\mathcal N$ be a family of closed normal subgroups of nilpotency class at most $k$. Assume that $\mathcal N$ is closed under finite intersections and $\bigcap_{N\in\...
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Quantum analogue of certain property of compact groups

Let $\mathcal{A}$ be the category of $C^*$ algebras. For a group $G$ let $\tilde{G}$ be the space of all conjugacy classes of $G$. What is a precise description of a maximal ,or in some sense ...
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A generalization of the character group

Let $G$ be a group. We define $$\tilde{G}=\{\phi:G \to \mathbb{T}\mid \phi(gh){\phi(g)}^{-1}{\phi(h)}^{-1}\in Tor(\mathbb{T})\}$$ where $Tor(\mathbb{T})$ is the group of torsion elements of the unit ...
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Interior of fundamental domains of lattices in locally compact groups

Let $G$ be a locally compact abelian group, and let $\Lambda$ be a lattice in $G$, i.e. a discrete subgroup such that the quotient group $G/\Lambda$ is compact. A fundamental domain for $\Lambda$ in $...
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Is an Abelian topological group compact if it is complete and Bohr-compact?

A topological group $G$ will be called Bohr-compact if its Bohr topology (i.e., the largest precompact group topology) is compact and Hausdorff. A topological group $G$ is Bohr-compact if it admits ...
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Best constant for maximal function for locally compact groups

Maximal functions for locally compact groups have been studied. In particular papers of K. Phillips and Phillips-Taibleson (here and here) contain nice results in this direction. It might be too much ...
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Justification of the convolution operation of $L^1(G)$ functions where $G$ is a LCA group (measurability)

Suppose $G$ is a locally compact abelian Hausdorff group (LCA), and $\lambda$ is the Haar measure on it. We all know the convolution of two $L^1(\lambda)$ functions $f$ and $g$ on $G$ is defined as $$...
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How can the maximal ideal space of the Fourier Stieltjes algebra be non-separable?

I have been asking a fair few (probably elementary) questions about abstract harmonic analysis lately. By means of explanation, I am just feeling around the subject at the moment and trying to build ...
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Generalized conjugacy classes in (topological) groups

Let $G$ be a topological group. We define an equivalence relation on $G$ as follows: For $a,b\in G$ we set $a\sim b$ if the following two maps are topologically conjugate: $$x\mapsto ax,\qquad x\...
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Primitive ideal space and unitary dual of a [SIN] group - when are they Hausdorff?

Recall that a locally compact group $G$ is said to be an $[FC]^-$ group, if each conjugacy class in $G$ has a compact closure; an $[SIN]$ group, if each neighborhood of the identity includes a ...
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Why groups that admit Folner Sequences are amenable

I've been looking at Folner's Condition recently, and I'm struggling to find a proof for why the existence of a Folner sequence on a locally compact group implies that it is amenable (and the converse ...
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measure of Haar

Let $(G,K)$ be a Gelfand pair. Why, for a function $f$ $K$-binvariant with respect to a compact subgroup $K$ of a group $G$, do we have the following equality: $$ f(xy) = \int_K f(xky) \, dk$$ A ...
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Idempotent conjecture and non-abelian solenoid

Is there a discrete non-abelian group whose dual in a reasonable sense is isomorphic to the solenoid constructed via a sequence of quaternions $S^3$ instead of a sequence of circles? The motivation ...
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How a profinite group can be obtained from its normal open subgroups?

Let $\Delta$ be a set, each element of which is a profinite group (2 distinct elements of $\Delta$ may be isomorphic). Under what conditions on $\Delta$, there exists a profinite group $G$ which has $\...
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Irreducible unitary representations of discrete abelian groups

It seems to me that the statement below should be true but I would like to double-check. Statement: Let $H$ be a (separable) complex Hilbert space and consider its associated unitary group $U(H)$ ...
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Can Gaussian measure be characterized by unitary representations?

It is well known that Fourier transform switches positive-definite functions with positive measures on a (locally compact topological) group. Further, the positive definite functions can be ...
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Idempotent conjecture and (weak) connectivity of (a reasonable) dual group

What is an example of a torsion free discrete abelian group $G$ whose dual space $\hat{G}$ is not a path connected space? The Motivation: The motivation comes from the idempotent conjecture of ...
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How large this subset is to say that it should equal the group?

Let $\alpha$ be a continuous automorphism on a compact group $G$ with normalized Haar measure $m$. We may say $\alpha$ is $n$-splitting, if the set $$\text{Spl}_n(\alpha):=\left\{g\in G: \prod_{k=1}^...
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Left introversion operators associated to function spaces on semigroups

I am stuck on the following question for quite sometime now. Please help, any comment is welcome. Let $S$ be a topological semigroup and $\mathcal{F}$ be a translation invariant, conjugate closed ...
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