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Completely positive definite functions and Bochner's theorem for locally compact quantum groups

Functional Analysis 2021-09-15 v2 Operator Algebras

Abstract

We prove two versions of Bochner's theorem for locally compact quantum groups. First, every completely positive definite "function" on a locally compact quantum group \G\G arises as a transform of a positive functional on the universal C*-algebra C0u(\dual\G)C_0^u(\dual\G) of the dual quantum group. Second, when \G\G is coamenable, complete positive definiteness may be replaced with the weaker notion of positive definiteness, which models the classical notion. A counterexample is given to show that the latter result is not true in general. To prove these results, we show two auxiliary results of independent interest: products are linearly dense in \lone(\G)\lone_\sharp(\G), and when \G\G is coamenable, the Banach *-algebra \lone(\G)\lone_\sharp(\G) has a contractive bounded approximate identity.

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@article{arxiv.1210.5231,
  title  = {Completely positive definite functions and Bochner's theorem for locally compact quantum groups},
  author = {Matthew Daws and Pekka Salmi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.5231},
  year   = {2021}
}

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20 pages

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