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A Poisson boundary for topological semigroups

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We give a non-probabilistic proof for the boundary integral representation of μ-harmonic functions on topological semigroups.

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  1. Institute of Mathematics “Simion Stoilow” of the Romanian Academy, P.O. Box 1-764, 01470, Bucharest, Romania

    Bebe Prunaru

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This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS-UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0119.

Prof. Prunaru passed away on April 1, 2014.

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Prunaru, B. A Poisson boundary for topological semigroups. Arch. Math. 102, 449–454 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-014-0631-7

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