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Exponentially bounded positive-definite functions on a commutative hypergroup

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Walter R. Bloom
Affiliation:
School of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology Murdoch UniversityPerth WA 6150, Australia
Paul Ressel
Affiliation:
Mathematisch-Geographische Fakultät Katholische Universität EichstättD-85071 EichstättFederal Republic of Germany
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Abstract

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In this paper we make use of semigroup methods on the space of compactly supported measures to obtain a Bochner representation for α-bounded positive-definite functions on a commutative hypergroup.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1996

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