Let $G$ be the Lie group ${ℝ}^2⋉{ℝ}^{+}$ endowed with the Riemannian symmetric space structure. Let $X_0,X_1,X_2$ be a distinguished basis of left-invariant vector fields of the Lie algebra of $G$ and define the Laplacian $\Delta =-(X_0^2+X_1^2+X_2^2)$. In this paper we consider the first order Riesz transforms $R_i=X_i{\Delta }^{-1/2}$ and $S_i={\Delta }^{-1/2}{X}_i$, for $i=0,1,2$. We prove that the operators $R_i$, but not the $S_i$, are bounded from the Hardy space $H^1$ to $L^1$. We also show that the second-order Riesz transforms $T_{ij}=X_i{\Delta }^{-1}{X}_j$ are bounded from $H^1$ to $L^1$, while the transforms $S_{ij}={\Delta }^{-1}{X}_i{X}_j$ and $R_{ij}=X_i{X}_j{\Delta }^{-1}$, for $i,j=0,1,2$, are not.

On étudie certains cônes de mesures $\ge 0$ sur un espace localement compact, qui sont invariantes par l’action continue d’un groupe localement compact $G$, cette étude étant centrée sur les génératrices extrémales de ces cônes. On dégage d’abord un type très simple d’action continue où l’on décrit complètement la situation. On dégage ensuite une classe d’actions (contenant par exemple l’action de shift de Bernoulli sur $\{0,1{\}}^{\mathbf{N}}$) qui ne sont pas du type précédent, et que l’on étudie en grand détail. Le résultat...

It is known that the dual of a compact, connected, non-abelian group may contain no infinite central Sidon sets, but always does contain infinite central $p$-Sidon sets for $p\>1.$ We prove, by an essentially constructive method, that the latter assertion is also true for every infinite subset of the dual. In addition, we investigate the relationship between weighted central Sidonicity for a compact Lie group and Sidonicity for its torus.

We study the notion of character Connes amenability of dual Banach algebras and show that if $A$ is an Arens regular Banach algebra, then $A^{**}$ is character Connes amenable if and only if $A$ is character amenable, which will resolve positively Runde’s problem for this concept of amenability. We then characterize character Connes amenability of various dual Banach algebras related to locally compact groups. We also investigate character Connes amenability of Lau product and module extension of Banach algebras....