Let G be a locally compact group and let π be a unitary representation. We study amenability and H-amenability of π in terms of the weak closure of (π ⊗ π)(G) and factorization properties of associated coefficient subspaces (or subalgebras) in B(G). By applying these results, we obtain some new characterizations of amenable groups.
Let G be a locally compact group, G* be the set of all extreme points of the set of normalized continuous positive definite functions of G, and a(G) be the closed subalgebra generated by G* in B(G). When G is abelian, G* is the set of Dirac measures of the dual group Ĝ, and a(G) can be identified as l¹(Ĝ). We study the properties of a(G), particularly its spectrum and its dual von Neumann algebra.
Let G be a locally compact group. Its dual space, G*, is the set of all extreme points of the set of normalized continuous positive definite functions of G. In the early 1970s, Granirer and Rudin proved independently that if G is amenable as discrete, then G is discrete if and only if all the translation invariant means on are topologically invariant. In this paper, we define and study G*-translation operators on VN(G) via G* and investigate the problem of the existence of G*-translation invariant...
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