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On Positive Definite Functions over a Locally Compact Group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

J. F. Price
J. F. Price*
Affiliation:
The Australian National University, Canberray Australia
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In this note we are concerned with several questions on positive definite functions over a Hausdorff locally compact group. The main result, Theorem A, gives some necessary and sufficient conditions for to be a positive definite function when μ is a (complex Radon) measure. In particular, is a positive definite function if and only if μ ∊ L2, and Theorem B then follows by giving a complete characterization of functions of the type , where f ∊ L2. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of these results is that they provide further examples of results over a non-abelian, non-compact group, which otherwise are simple consequences (with μ, a bounded measure in Theorem A) of the theorems of Plancherel and Bochner.

Unless otherwise specified, all notation and definitions will follow [1;2]. The underlying group will always be G, a Hausdorff locally compact group with identity e, and with left Haar measure dx.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , 01 August 1970 , pp. 892 - 896
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1970

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