Free wreath products with amalgamation

We classify torsion actions of free wreath products of arbitrary compact quantum groups by $S_{N}^{+}$ and use this to prove that if $\mathbb{G}$ is a torsion-free compact quantum group satisfying the strong Baum–Connes property then $\mathbb{G}\wr _{\ast }S_{N}^{+}$ also satisfies the strong Baum–Connes property. We then compute the K-theory of free wreath products of classical and quantum free groups by $SO_{q}(3)$.

The Haagerup property for locally compact groups is generalised to the context of locally compact quantum groups, with several equivalent characterisations in terms of the unitary representations and positive-definite functions established. In particular it is shown that a locally compact quantum group 𝔾 has the Haagerup property if and only if its mixing representations are dense in the space of all unitary representations. For discrete 𝔾 we characterise the Haagerup property by the existence of a symmetric proper conditionally negative functional on the dual quantum group 𝔾 ^ $\hat{\mathbb {G}}$ ; by the existence of a real proper cocycle on 𝔾, and further, if 𝔾 is also unimodular we show that the Haagerup property is a von Neumann property of 𝔾. This extends results of Akemann, Walter, Bekka, Cherix, Valette, and Jolissaint to the quantum setting and provides a connection to the recent work of Brannan. We use these characterisations to show that the Haagerup property is preserved under free products of discrete quantum groups.

We define a category containing the discrete quantum groups (and hence the discrete groups and the duals of compact groups) and the compact quantum groups (and hence the compact groups and the duals of discrete groups). The dual of an object can be defined within the same category and we have a biduality theorem. This theory extends the duality between compact quantum groups and discrete quantum groups (and hence the one between compact abelian groups and discrete abelian groups). The objects in our category are multiplier Hopf algebras, with invertible antipode, admitting invariant functionals (integrals), satisfying some extra condition (to take care of the non-abelianness of the underlying algebras). If we start with a multiplier Hopf ∗-algebra with positive invariant functionals, then also the dual is a multiplier Hopf ∗-algebra with positive invariant functionals. This makes it possible to formulate this duality also within the framework of C∗-algebras.

This is a survey of some aspects of the subject of approximation properties for locally compact quantum groups, based on lectures given at the {\it Topological Quantum Groups} Graduate School, 28 June - 11 July, 2015 in Bedlewo, Poland. We begin with a study of the dual notions of amenability and co-amenability, and then consider weakenings of these properties in the form of the Haagerup property and weak amenability. For discrete quantum groups, the interaction between these properties and various operator algebra approximation properties are investigated. We also study the connection between central approximation properties for discrete quantum groups and monoidal equivalence for their compact duals. We finish by discussing the central weak amenability and central Haagerup property for free quantum groups.

On square roots of the Haar state on compact quantum groups

We consider compact matrix quantum groups whose $N$-dimensional fundamental representation decomposes into an $(N-1)$-dimensional and a one-dimensional subrepresentation. Even if we know that the compact matrix quantum group associated to this $(N-1)$-dimensional subrepresentation is isomorphic to the given $N$-dimensional one, it is a priori not clear how the intertwiner spaces transform under this isomorphism. In the context of so-called easy and non-easy quantum groups, we are able to define a transformation of linear combinations of partitions and we explicitly describe the transformation of intertwiner spaces. As a side effect, this enables us to produce many new examples of non-easy quantum groups being isomorphic to easy quantum groups as compact quantum groups but not as compact matrix quantum groups.

This is a transcript of a series of eight lectures, 90 min each, held at IMSc Chennai, India from 5–24 January 2015. We give basic definitions, properties and examples of compact quantum groups and compact matrix quantum groups such as the existence of a Haar state, the representation theory and Woronowicz’s quantum version of the Tannaka–Krein theorem. Building on this, we define Banica–Speicher quantum groups (also called easy quantum groups), a class of compact matrix quantum groups determined by the combinatorics of set partitions. We sketch the classification of Banica–Speicher quantum groups and we list some applications. We review the state-of-the-art regarding Banica–Speicher quantum groups and we list some open problems.

A subgroup M⊂G is almost malnormal provided that for each g∈G−M, the intersection M g ∩M is finite. It is proven that the free product of two virtually free groups amalgamating a finitely generated almost malnormal subgroup, is residually finite. A consequence of a generalization of this result is that an acute-angled n-gon of finite groups is residually finite if n≥4. Another consequence is that if G acts properly discontinuously and cocompactly on a 2-dimensional hyperbolic building whose chambers have acute angles and at least 4 sides, then G is residually finite.

We show that Drinfeld's double group construction for locally compact quantum groups preserves the Haagerup property. This shows that the Drinfeld doubles of the quantum groups, $C_{0}(\mathbb{F}_{2})$, $SU_{q}(2)$, $SU_{q}(1,1)_{\text{ext}}$, quantum $ax+b$, quantum $az+b$, and $E_{q}(2)$ have the Haagerup property.

It is shown that a locally compact second countable group $G$ has the Haagerup property if and only if there exists a sharply weak mixing 0-type measure preserving free $G$-action $T=(T_g)_{g\in G}$ on an infinite $\sigma $-finite standard measure space $

A necessary and sufficient condition for the residual finiteness of a (generalized) free product of two residually finite solvable-by-finite minimax groups with cyclic amalgamated subgroups is obtained. This generalizes the well-known Dyer theorem claiming that every free product of two polycyclic-by-finite groups with cyclic amalgamated subgroups is a residually finite group.

We introduce a notion of partition wreath product of a finite group by a partition quantum group, a construction motivated on the one hand by classical wreath products and on the other hand by the free wreath product of J. Bichon.We identify the resulting quantum group in several cases, establish some of its properties and show that when the finite group in question is abelian, the partition wreath product is itself a partition quantum group. This allows us to compute its representation theory, using earlier results of the first named author.

Symmetries of Lévy processes on compact quantum groups, their Markov semigroups and potential theory

The cross sections for capture, ionization, capture from pair production, and free pair production were measured for 0.96-GeV/nucleon U{sup 92+} and 0.405-, 0.96-, and 1.3-GeV/nucleon La{sup 57+} ions incident on Au, Ag, and Cu targets. The cross sections for capture from pair production, free pair production, ionization, and total capture (the sum of capture from pair production, radiative electron capture, and nonradiative capture) are analyzed as a function of collision energy, projectile, and target atomic numbers. We find that, when the collision energy is increased from 0.405 GeV/nucleon to 1.3 GeV/nucleon, the capture from pair production and the free pair production cross sections increase by almost a factor of 6, while the capture cross section decreases by two orders of magnitude. The ionization cross section is found to vary very weakly with the collision energy in the 1-GeV/nucleon energy range. We found a dependence of free pair production cross sections on the target and projectile atomic number to be close to Z{sup 2}, characteristic of an ionizationlike process. We also found a dependence of the capture from pair production cross sections on the target atomic number to be usually steeper than Z{sub t}{sup 2}, and on the projectile atomic number,more » somewhat steeper than the Z{sub p}{sup 5}, characteristic of a capturelike process. Theory and experiment are in some disagreement for capture from pair production, and free pair production, cross sections, but are in general agreement for the other capture processes and for ionization. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}« less

In this paper, we investigate the co-amenability of compact quantum groups. Combining with some properties of regular C*-norms on algebraic compact quantum groups, we show that the quantum double of co-amenable compact quantum groups is unique. Based on this, this paper proves that co-amenability is preserved under formulation of the quantum double construction of compact quantum groups, which exhibits a type of nice symmetry between the co-amenability of quantum groups and the amenability of groups.