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Relations between positive definite functions and irreducible representations on a locally compact groupoid

Operator Algebras 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

If GG is a locally compact groupoid with a Haar system λ\lambda, then a positive definite function pp on GG has a form p(x)=<L(x)ξ(d(x)),ξ(r(x))>p(x)=< L(x)\xi(d(x)),\xi(r(x))>, where LL is a representation of GG on a Hilbert bundle \h=(G0,{Hu},μ){\h}=(G^0,\{H_u\},\mu), μ\mu is a quasi invariant measure on G0G^0 and ξL(G0,\h)\xi\in L^{\infty}(G^0,{\h}). [10]. In this paper firt we prove that if μ\mu is a quasi invariant ergodic measure on G0G^0, then two corresponding representations of GG and Cc(G)C_c(G) are irreducible in the same time. Then by using the theory of positive linear functionals on C(G)C^*(G) we show that when μ\mu is an ergodic quasi invariant measure on G0G^0, for a positive definite function pp which is an extreme point of \mP1μ(G){\mP}^{\mu}_1(G) the corresponding representation LL is irreducible and conversely, every irreducible representation LL of GG on a Hilbert bundle \h=(G0,{Hu},μ){\h}=(G^0,\{H_u\},\mu) and every section ξ\h(μ)\xi\in {\h}(\mu) with norm one, define an extreme point of \mP1μ(G){\mP}^{\mu}_1(G).

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@article{arxiv.math/0702709,
  title  = {Relations between positive definite functions and irreducible representations on a locally compact groupoid},
  author = {H. Amiri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0702709},
  year   = {2007}
}

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