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Kazhdan constants for compact groups

Part of: Compact groups Locally compact groups and their algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Markus Neuhauser
Markus Neuhauser
Affiliation:
Markus Neuhauser Department of Mathematics C, TU Graz, Steyrergasse 30/III, 8010 Graz, Austria e-mail: neuhauser@finanz.math.tu-graz.ac.at
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Abstract

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It is shown that for the computation of the Kazhdan constant for a compact group only the regular representation restricted to the orthogonal complement of the constant functions needs to be taken into account.

MSC classification

Secondary: 22C05: Compact groups 22D10: Unitary representations of locally compact groups
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , August 2006 , pp. 11 - 14
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2006

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