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Non-Wiener groups with a Gelfand pair

Functional Analysis 2026-02-25 v1 Group Theory Representation Theory

Abstract

Let GG be a non-amenable locally compact group and KK a compact subgroup of GG such that (G,K)(G,K) is a Gelfand pair. We show that if GG admits a suitable boundary representation which is topologically irreducible and not unitarizable, then GG is not a Wiener group in the sense that its Fourier transform does not satisfy the analogue of Wiener's Tauberian theorem. As an application, we show that if GG is a closed non-compact boundary transitive group of automorphisms of a connected locally finite graph with infinitely many ends, or a split reductive algebraic group over a non-archimedean local field, then GG is not Wiener.

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@article{arxiv.2602.20364,
  title  = {Non-Wiener groups with a Gelfand pair},
  author = {Max Carter and Jared T. White},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.20364},
  year   = {2026}
}

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21 pages

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