Invariant averagings of locally compact groups (Q2467679)

The authors give the notion of invariant averaging for a linear representation of a group in a locally convex space and prove the following results: (i) a group \(H\) is finite if and only if every linear representation of \(H\) in a locally convex space has an invariant averaging; (ii) a group \(H\) is amenable if and only if every almost periodic representation of \(H\) in a quasi-complete locally convex space has an invariant averaging; (iii) a locally compact group \(H\) is compact if and only if every strongly continuous linear representation of \(H\) in a quasi-complete locally convex space has an invariant averaging.