Compact and discrete subgroups of algebraic quantum groups I

MaRDI QIDQ6478794zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Magnus B. Landstad, Alfons Van Daele

Publication date 15 February 2007

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum groups and related algebraic methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R50) Hypergroups (20N20)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a locally compact group. Consider the C${}^{\ast }$-algebra $C_0(G)$ of continuous complex functions on $G$, tending to 0 at infinity. The product in $G$ gives rise to a coproduct $Delt{a}_G$ on the C${}^{\ast }$-algebra $C_0(G)$. A locally compact {it quantum} group is a pair $(A,Delta)$ of a C${}^{\ast }$-algebra $A$ with a coproduct $Delta$ on $A$, satisfying certain conditions. The definition guarantees that the pair $(C_0(G),Delt{a}_G)$ is a locally compact quantum group and that conversely, every locally compact quantum group $(A,Delta)$ is of this form when the underlying C${}^{\ast }$-algebra $A$ is abelian. Assume now that $G$ is a locally compact group with a compact open subgroup $K$. The algebra of complex functions on $G$ of {it polynomial type} is a dense multiplier Hopf ${}^{\ast }$-algebra with positive integrals (i.e. an algebraic quantum group}. The characteristic function of $K$ is a group-like projection in this algebraic quantum group. In this paper, we study group-like projections in an arbitrary algebraic quantum group. We find several associated objects that generalize the classical objects associated to a compact open subgroup of a locally compact group.

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