Relative property (T) for uniformly bounded representations
Abstract
For pairs (G,H), where G is a locally compact group and H is a closed subgroup of G, we introduce analogous versions of the full group C*-algebra and the Fourier--Stieltjes algebra for uniformly bounded representations. We use these objects to characterise relative property (T) in this more general setting in terms of Kazhdan projections and invariant means. We also show that, for semidirect products of the form G=Hltimes N, where N is a nilpotent group, relative property (T) for the pair (G,N) is equivalent to its uniformly bounded version. We first prove this result when N is abelian, and then proceed by studying the behaviour of relative property (T) under quotients by central subgroups, thereby extending a theorem of Serre to the uniformly bounded setting.
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BibTeX
@misc{dumas2026relative,
title = {{Relative property (T) for uniformly bounded representations}},
author = {Guillaume Dumas and Ignacio Vergara},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.00417},
eprint = {2609.00417},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.00417},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Relative property (T) for uniformly bounded representations
AU - Guillaume Dumas
AU - Ignacio Vergara
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/01
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.00417
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.00417
AB - For pairs (G,H), where G is a locally compact group and H is a closed subgroup of G, we introduce analogous versions of the full group C^*-algebra and the Fourier--Stieltjes algebra for uniformly bounded representations. We use these objects to characterise relative property (T) in this more general setting in terms of Kazhdan projections and invariant means. We also show that, for semidirect products of the form G=Hltimes N, where N is a nilpotent group, relative property (T) for the pair (G,N) is equivalent to its uniformly bounded version. We first prove this result when N is abelian, and then proceed by studying the behaviour of relative property (T) under quotients by central subgroups, thereby extending a theorem of Serre to the uniformly bounded setting.
ER -