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Let G be a locally compact group, and let Γ be a lattice in G. Let (π, Hπ ) be an irreducible, square integrable unitary representation of G. Then the restriction of π to Γ extends to VN(Γ), the von Neumann algebra generated by the regular representation of Γ. We determine the center valued (or extended) von Neumann dimension of Hπ as a VN(Γ)-module. This result is extended to representations which are square integrable modulo the center of G. An explicit formula is given when G is a semisimple algebraic group and when G is a nilpotent Lie group. As an application, we study the question of the existence of frames for the discretized windowed Fourier transform.
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Bekka, B. Square Integrable Representations, von Neumann Algebras and An Application to Gabor Analysis. J. Fourier Anal. Appl. 10, 325–349 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00041-004-3036-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00041-004-3036-3