Harmonic functions on the branching graph associated with the infinite wreath product of a compact group
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Harmonic functions on the branching graph associated with the infinite wreath product of a compact group
zbMATH Open document ID: 1306.22002
DOI: 10.1215/21562261-2801822
author: Akihito Hora
author: Takeshi Hirai
published in: Kyoto Journal of Mathematics
publication date: 2014-12-19T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/69829
review text: Let \(T\) be a compact group, \(\mathfrak{S}_n\) the symmetric group of degree \(n\) and \(\mathfrak{S}_\infty\) the infinite symmetric group. The wreath products \(T\wr\mathfrak{S}_n\) and \(T\wr\mathfrak{S}_\infty\) are respectively denoted by \(\mathfrak{S}_n(T)\) and \(\mathfrak{S}_\infty(T)\). The paper under review is part of the authors' program of harmonic analysis on \(\mathfrak{S}_\infty(T)\). An important step in their project is a detailed study of the characters of this group, which was initiated in [\textit{T. Hirai} and \textit{E. Hirai}, Banach Cent. Publ. 73, 207--221 (2006; Zbl 1147.22005)] and [\textit{T. Hirai} and \textit{E. Hirai}, J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 47, No. 2, 269--320 (2007; Zbl 1176.20010)]. Further understanding of these representations was obtained in terms of positive definite functions in [\textit{T. Hirai} et al., Nagoya Math. J. 193, 1--93 (2009; Zbl 1182.22004)] and in terms of probability measures in [\textit{A. Hora} et al., J. Math. Soc. Japan 60, No. 4, 1187--1217 (2008; Zbl 1187.22001)]. The approach adopted in the article at hand consists in studying harmonic functions on the branching graph \(\mathbb{Y}(\hat{T})\) obtained from the inductive system of branching graphs associated with the groups \(\mathfrak{S}_n(T)\). The authors compute the Martin boundary of \(\mathbb{Y}(\hat{T})\) by using irreducible characters of \(\mathfrak{S}_n(T)\). They obtain an integral representation formula for harmonic functions on \(\mathbb{Y}(\hat{T})\) and combine with an asymptotic analysis of the irreducible characters of \(\mathfrak{S}_n(T)\) to characterize the minimal Martin boundary of \(\mathbb{Y}(\hat{T})\). A classification of the minimal nonnegative harmonic functions on \(\mathbb{Y}(\hat{T})\) is obtained, which implies a classification of the characters of \(\mathfrak{S}_\infty(T)\). Although the latter classification result was already known, due to the aforementioned work of the authors and E. Hirai, this article is self-containe…
reviewed by: Pierre Clare
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 22C05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20C32
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20E22
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20P05
zbMATH DE Number: 6381915
zbMATH Keywords: wreath product
zbMATH Keywords: characters
zbMATH Keywords: branching graph
zbMATH Keywords: Martin boundary
zbMATH Keywords: harmonic functions
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