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Kazhdan constants for compact groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Markus Neuhauser
Affiliation:
Markus Neuhauser Department of Mathematics C, TU Graz, Steyrergasse 30/III, 8010 Graz, Austria e-mail: neuhauser@finanz.math.tu-graz.ac.at
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Abstract

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It is shown that for the computation of the Kazhdan constant for a compact group only the regular representation restricted to the orthogonal complement of the constant functions needs to be taken into account.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2006

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