Composition series of C* (G) and C... (G), where G is a solvable Lie groups.
We use free probability techniques to compute spectra and Brown measures of some non-hermitian operators in finite von Neumann algebras. Examples include where uₙ and are the generators of ℤₙ and ℤ respectively, in the free product ℤₙ*ℤ, or elliptic elements of the form where and are free semicircular elements of variance α and β.
Let be a Tychonoff (regular) paratopological group or algebra over a field or ring or a topological semigroup. If and , then there exists a Tychonoff (regular) topology such that and is a paratopological group, algebra over or a topological semigroup respectively.
We prove that every connected locally compact Abelian topological group is sequentially connected, i.e., it cannot be the union of two proper disjoint sequentially closed subsets. This fact is then applied to the study of extensions of topological groups. We show, in particular, that if is a connected locally compact Abelian subgroup of a Hausdorff topological group and the quotient space is sequentially connected, then so is .
Various techniques are presented for constructing (p) sets which are not for all . The main result is that there is a (4) set in the dual of any compact abelian group which is not for all . Along the way to proving this, new constructions are given in dual groups in which constructions were already known of (p) not sets, for certain values of . The main new constructions in specific dual groups are:– there is a (2k) set which is not in for all , and , and in ( a prime,...