Some Beurling–Fourier algebras on compact groups are operator algebras

Ghandehari, Mahya; Lee, Hun Hee; Samei, Ebrahim; Spronk, Nico

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Some Beurling–Fourier algebras on compact groups are operator algebras
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Let $G$ be a compact connected Lie group. The question of when a weighted Fourier algebra on $G$ is completely isomorphic to an operator algebra will be investigated in this paper. We will demonstrate that the dimension of the group plays an important role in the question. More precisely, we will get a positive answer to the question when we consider a polynomial type weight coming from a length function on $G$ with the order of growth strictly bigger than half of the dimension of the group. The case of $SU(n)$ will be examined, focusing more on the details including negative results. The proof for the positive directions depends on a non-commutative version of the Littlewood multiplier theory, which we will develop in this paper, and the negative directions will be taken care of by restricting to a maximal torus.

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