On the growth of Hermitian groups

DOI10.4171/GGD/304MaRDI QIDQ2347644zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Rui Palma

Publication date 5 June 2015

Published in Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.5852

zbMATH Keywords

growth rate of groupsHermitian group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69) Group algebras of locally compact groups (22D15) (L^1)-algebras on groups, semigroups, etc. (43A20)

Abstract: A locally compact group G is said to be Hermitian if every selfadjoint element of L^1(G) has real spectrum. Using Halmos' notion of capacity in Banach algebras and a result of Jenkins, Fountain, Ramsay and Williamson we will put a bound on the growth of Hermitian groups. In other words, we will show that if G has a subset that grows faster than a certain constant, then G cannot be Hermitian. Our result allows us to give new examples of non-Hermitian groups which could not tackled by the existing theory. The examples include certain infinite free Burnside groups, automorphism groups of trees, and p-adic general and special linear groups.

Review text

Summary: A locally compact group \(G\) is said to be Hermitian if every selfadjoint element of \(L^1(G)\) has real spectrum. Using Halmos' notion of capacity in Banach algebras and a result of \textit{J. W. Jenkins} [Pac. J. Math. 32, 131--145 (1970; Zbl 0172.03603); Stud. Math. 45, 295--307 (1973; Zbl 0222.22008)] and \textit{J. B. Fountain} et al. [Proc. R. Ir. Acad., Sect. A 76, 235--251 (1976; Zbl 0309.43010)], we will put a bound on the growth of Hermitian groups. In other words, we will show that if \(G\) has a subset that grows faster than a certain constant, then \(G\) cannot be Hermitian. Our result allows us to give new examples of non-Hermitian groups which could not tackled by the existing theory. The examples include certain infinite free Burnside groups, automorphism groups of trees, and \(p\)-adic general and special linear groups.

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