Translation invariant forms on \(L^ p(G)\) \((1<p<\infty)\) (Q1065313)

It is shown that if G is a connected metrizable compact Abelian group and \(1<p<\infty\), any (possibly discontinuous) translation invariant linear form on \(L^ p(G)\) is a scalar multiple of the Haar measure. This result extends the theorem of \textit{G. H. Meisters} and \textit{W. M. Schmidt} [J. Funct. Anal. 11, 407-424 (1972; Zbl 0247.43004)] on \(L^ 2(G)\). Our method permits in fact to consider any superreflexive translation invariant Banach lattice on G, which is the adopted point of view. We study the representation of an element f of this invariant lattice X as a sum of a bounded number of elements of the form g-\(\tau\) (a)g, where g in X, a in G and \(\tau\) (a) the corresponding translation operator. Our approach consists in proving the boundedness of certain random convolution operators using interpolation techniques.