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For a locally compact group \(G\), the first-named author considered the closed subspace \(a_0(G)\) which is generated by the pure positive definite functions. In many cases \(a_0(G)\) is itself an algebra. We illustrate using Heisenberg groups and the \(2\times 2\) real special linear group, that this is not the case in general. We examine the structures of the algebras thereby created and examine properties related to amenability.
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Communicated by K. Gröchenig.
B. E. Forrest and N. Spronk were supported by NSERC Discovery Grants.
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Cheng, YH., Forrest, B.E. & Spronk, N. On the subalgebra of a Fourier–Stieltjes algebra generated by pure positive definite functions. Monatsh Math 171, 305–314 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00605-012-0467-9
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