Almost block independence and Bernoullicity of Zd-actions by automorphisms of compact abelian groups.
Let G be a countably infinite group. We show that for every finite absolute coretract S, there is a regular left invariant topology on G whose ultrafilter semigroup is isomorphic to S. As consequences we prove that (1) there is a right maximal idempotent in βG∖G which is not strongly right maximal, and (2) for each combination of the properties of being extremally disconnected, irresolvable, and nodec, except for the combination (-,-,+), there is a corresponding regular almost maximal left invariant...
Let and be groups and let be an extension of by . Given a property of group compactifications, one can ask whether there exist compactifications and of and such that the universal -compactification of is canonically isomorphic to an extension of by . We prove a theorem which gives necessary and sufficient conditions for this to occur for general properties and then apply this result to the almost periodic and weakly almost periodic compactifications of .
We give a complete characterization of the locally compact groups that are non elementary Gromov-hyperbolic and amenable. They coincide with the class of mapping tori of discrete or continuous one-parameter groups of compacting automorphisms. We moreover give a description of all Gromov-hyperbolic locally compact groups with a cocompact amenable subgroup: modulo a compact normal subgroup, these turn out to be either rank one simple Lie groups, or automorphism groups of semiregular trees acting doubly...
We observe that the classical theorem of Hardy on Fourier transform pairs can be reformulated in terms of the heat kernel associated with the Laplacian on the Euclidean space. This leads to an interesting version of Hardy's theorem for the sublaplacian on the Heisenberg group. We also consider certain Rockland operators on the Heisenberg group and Schrödinger operators on ℝⁿ related to them.
Let be a free group on generators. We construct the series of uniformly bounded representations of acting on the common Hilbert space, depending analytically on the complex parameter z, , such that each representation is irreducible. If is real or then is unitary; in other cases cannot be made unitary. For representations and are congruent modulo compact operators.
We study a problem of isometric compact 2-step nilmanifolds using some information on their geodesic flows, where is a simply connected 2-step nilpotent Lie group with a left invariant metric and is a cocompact discrete subgroup of isometries of . Among various works concerning this problem, we consider the algebraic aspect of it. In fact, isometry groups of simply connected Riemannian manifolds can be characterized in a purely algebraic way, namely by normalizers. So, suitable factorization...