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Contractive representations of odometer semigroup

Functional Analysis 2025-05-30 v3 Complex Variables Group Theory Operator Algebras

Abstract

Given a natural number n1n \geq 1, the odometer semigroup OnO_n, also known as the adding machine or the Baumslag-Solitar monoid with two generators, is a well-known object in group theory. This paper examines the odometer semigroup in relation to representations of bounded linear operators. We focus on noncommutative operators and prove that contractive representations of OnO_n always admit to nicer representations of OnO_n. We give a complete description of representations of OnO_n on the Fock space and relate it to the odometer lifting and subrepresentations of OnO_n. Along the way, we also classify Nica covariant representations of OnO_n.

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@article{arxiv.2405.14157,
  title  = {Contractive representations of odometer semigroup},
  author = {Anindya Ghatak and Narayan Rakshit and Jaydeb Sarkar and Mansi Suryawanshi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.14157},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

30 pages. Revised. To appear in Journal of Functional Analysis

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