A note on the precompactness of weakly almost periodic groups (Q2762072)

For a topological group \(G\), the following three conditions are shown to be equivalent: (1) If \(G\) acts continuously by homeomorphisms on a compact \(X\), then every continuous \(f:X\to\mathbb{C}\) is weakly almost periodic. (2) Every bounded right uniformly continuous \(f:G\to X\) is weakly almost periodic \((X=G)\). (3) \(G\) is precompact.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEHere \(f\) (Eberlein) weakly almost periodic means that the \(G\)-orbit of \(f\) is weakly relatively compact in \(l^\infty (X,\mathbb{C})\). The authors also give a simpler proof of the Ellis-Lawson joint continuity theorem, and discuss some results and questions about uniquely amenable groups.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 0970.00016].