Induced Representations of Locally Compact Groups (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, Series Number 197) - Hardcover

Kaniuth, Eberhard; Taylor, Keith F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052176226X ISBN 13: 9780521762267

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

The dual space of a locally compact group G consists of the equivalence classes of irreducible unitary representations of G. This book provides a comprehensive guide to the theory of induced representations and explains its use in describing the dual spaces for important classes of groups. It introduces various induction constructions and proves the core theorems on induced representations, including the fundamental imprimitivity theorem of Mackey and Blattner. An extensive introduction to Mackey analysis is applied to compute dual spaces for a wide variety of examples. Fell's contributions to understanding the natural topology on the dual are also presented. In the final two chapters, the theory is applied in a variety of settings including topological Frobenius properties and continuous wavelet transforms. This book will be useful to graduate students seeking to enter the area as well as experts who need the theory of unitary group representations in their research.

About this title

Book Description

Locally compact groups and their representation theory underlie areas such as relativity, quantum field theory, signal processing and medical imaging. All who are interested in the foundations of such subjects, as well as pure mathematicians working in harmonic analysis, will appreciate this comprehensive monograph.

About the Author

Eberhard Kaniuth is Professor Emeritus at the University of Paderborn, Germany.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 052176226X
• ISBN 13: 9780521762267
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 355