Topological Invariant Means on Locally Compact Groups

arXiv2105.02768MaRDI QIDQ6367015FDOQ6367015

John Hopfensperger

Publication date: 6 May 2021

Abstract: Suppose $G$ is an amenable locally compact group. If $F_{g}amma={F_{g}amma}_{gammainGamma}$ is a Fo{}lner net for $G$, associate it with the net $ch{i}_{F_{g}amma}/|F_{g}amma|subset{L}_1(G)subset{L}_{i}nft{y}^{*}(G)$. Thus, every accumulation point of $F_{g}amma$ is a topological left-invariant mean on $G$. The following are examples of results proved in the present thesis: (1) There exists a Fo{}lner net which has as its accumulation points a set of $2^{2^{kappa}}$ distinct topological left-invariant means on $G$, where $kappa$ is the smallest cardinality of a covering of $G$ by compact subsets. (2) If $G$ is unimodular and $mu$ is a topological left-invariant mean on $G$, there exists a Fo{}lner net which has $mu$ as its unique accumulation point. (3) Suppose $LsubsetG$ is a lattice subgroup. There is a natural bijection of the left-invariant means on $L$ with the topological left-invariant means on $G$ if and only if $G/L$ is compact. (4) Every topological left-invariant mean on $G$ is also topological right-invariant if and only if $G$ has precompact conjugacy classes. These results lie at the intersection of functional analysis with general topology. Problems in this area can often be solved with standard tools when $G$ is $sigma$-compact or metrizable, but require more interesting arguments in the general case.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Means on groups, semigroups, etc.; amenable groups (43A07)

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