Wiener-Hopf operators on a subsemigroup of a discrete torsion free Abelian group (Q2367525)

The author studies the following Wiener-Hopf operator \[ T_ a x(g)= \sum_{h\in G_ +} a(g- h)x(h),\quad g\in G_ +, \] with \(I^ 1(G)\) kernel \(a(g)\) on a semigroup \(G^ +\) of nonnegative elements of a linearly quasiordered discrete torsion free Abelian group \(G\). Wiener-Hopf factorization of an invertible element of the group algebra is constructed, the notions of a topological index and a factor index are introduced. It is shown that a Wiener-Hopf operator with an invertible symbol is a one-sided invertible operator and its invertibility properties are defined by the sign of the factor index of its symbol. Groups with nontrivial Fredholm Wiener-Hopf operators are described.