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Gamma-bounded representations of amenable groups

Functional Analysis 2010-03-09 v1

Abstract

Let G be an amenable group, let X be a Banach space and let \pi : G --> B(X) be a bounded representation. We show that if the set {\pi(t) : t \in G} is gamma-bounded then \pi extends to a bounded homomorphism w : C*(G) --> B(X) on the group C*-algebra of G. Moreover w is necessarily gamma-bounded. This extends to the Banach space setting a theorem of Day and Dixmier saying that any bounded representation of an amenable group on Hilbert space is unitarizable. We obtain additional results and complements when G is equal to either the real numbers, the integers or the unit circle, and/or when X has property (\alpha).

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@article{arxiv.1003.1587,
  title  = {Gamma-bounded representations of amenable groups},
  author = {Christian Le Merdy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.1587},
  year   = {2010}
}
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