Unitary representations of groups, duals, and characters

DOI10.1090/SURV/250zbMATH Open1475.22011arXiv1912.07262OpenAlexW4230291753MaRDI QIDQ5151815FDOQ5151815

Bachir Bekka, Pierre de la Harpe

Publication date: 22 February 2021

Published in: Mathematical Surveys and Monographs (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This is an expository book on unitary representations of topological groups, and of several dual spaces, which are spaces of such representations up to some equivalence. The most important notions are defined for topological groups, but a special attention is paid to the case of discrete groups. The unitary dual of a group $G$ is the space of equivalence classes of its irreducible unitary representations; it is both a topological space and a Borel space. The primitive dual is the space of weak equivalence classes of unitary irreducible representations. The normal quasi-dual is the space of quasi-equivalence classes of traceable factor representations; it is parametrized by characters, which can be finite or infinite. The theory is systematically illustrated by a series of specific examples: Heisenberg groups, affine groups of infinite fields, solvable Baumslag-Solitar groups, lamplighter groups, and general linear groups. Operator algebras play an important role in the exposition, in particular the von Neumann algebras associated to a unitary representation and C*-algebras associated to a locally compact group.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.07262

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zbMATH Keywords

representationsunitary dualdiscrete groupstopological groupvon Neumann algebrasweak equivalencecharacter groupPontryagin dualC*-algebrasLC groupsprimitive dualThoma dual

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unitary representations of locally compact groups (22D10) (C^*)-algebras and (W^*)-algebras in relation to group representations (22D25) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to topological groups (22-02) Ergodic theory on groups (22D40)

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