Harmonic analysis of weighted \(L^p\)-algebras (Q435159)

Throughout \(G\) will always denote a compactly generated locally compact group. It is well known that \(L^1(G)\) is a Banach algebra, where the multiplication is ordinary convolution of functions. For \(1 < p < \infty \) it is also well known that \(L^p(G)\) is not a convolution algebra. However, for certain weight functions \(\omega\) on \(G, L^p(G, \omega)\) is a Banach \(\ast\)-algebra. The aim of the paper under review is to extend the theory of convolution algebras to \(L^p(G, \omega)\) when it is a Banach \(\ast\)-algebra. It is also assumed in this paper that \(G\) has polynomial growth, in addition to the properties mentioned above. The authors give conditions on the weight \(\omega\) that guarantees \(L^p(G, \omega)\) is a Banach \(\ast\)-algebra. Furthermore, they say \((G, \omega)\) satisfies (LPAlg) if \(\omega\) meets these particular conditions. Several examples of weights \(\omega\) are given for which \((G, \omega)\) satisfies (LPAlg). An example of a weight \(\omega\) is also given for which \(L^p(G, \omega)\) is not an algebra. We shall say \(\omega\) satisfies (BDna) if \(\omega\) satisfies a Beurling-Domar type condition. The authors proceed to give results involving symmetry, regularity, the weak Wiener property, and the Wiener property, when \((G, \omega)\) satisfies (LPAlg). An example of such a result is the following: Let \((G, \omega)\) be (LPAlg). Let us assume that the weight \(\omega\) also satisfies (BDna). Then the algebra \(L^p(G, \omega)\) has the weak Wiener property. Let \(p \geq 1\) be a real number. In the last section of the paper a weight \(\omega\) is constructed, depending on \(p\), on \(\mathbb{R}\) for which the commutative algebra \(L^p(G, \omega)\) is symmetric. The authors then construct an infinite-dimensional topologically irreducible representation of \(L^p(G, \omega)\). This is interesting since all topologically irreducible \(\ast\)-representations of \(L^p(G, \omega)\) are one-dimensional.