Nets of subgroups and amenability

Schochetman, I.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1971-0281837-0

Nets of subgroups and amenability
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 29 (1971), 397-403 Request permission

Abstract:

We first investigate some convergence properties of nets in the topological space of closed subgroups of a locally compact group. We then use these properties to answer some questions concerning the amenable subgroups.

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