Factors, Roots and Embeddability of Measures on Lie Groups.
It is shown, using geometric methods, that there is a C*-algebraic quantum group related to any double Lie group (also known as a matched pair of Lie groups or a bicrossproduct Lie group). An algebra underlying this quantum group is the algebra of a differential groupoid naturally associated with the double Lie group.
Let G be a compactly generated, locally compact group with polynomial growth and let ω be a weight on G. We look for general conditions on the weight which allow us to develop a functional calculus on a total part of L1(G,ω). This functional calculus is then used to study harmonic analysis properties of L1(G,ω), such as the Wiener property and Domar's theorem.