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THE ${L}^{2} $-SINGULAR DICHOTOMY FOR EXCEPTIONAL LIE GROUPS AND ALGEBRAS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2013

K. E. HARE*
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 email [email protected]
D. L. JOHNSTONE
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 email [email protected]
F. SHI
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong email [email protected]@hotmail.com
W.-K. YEUNG
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong email [email protected]@hotmail.com
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Abstract

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We show that every orbital measure, ${\mu }_{x} $, on a compact exceptional Lie group or algebra has the property that for every positive integer either ${ \mu }_{x}^{k} \in {L}^{2} $ and the support of ${ \mu }_{x}^{k} $ has non-empty interior, or ${ \mu }_{x}^{k} $ is singular to Haar measure and the support of ${ \mu }_{x}^{k} $ has Haar measure zero. We also determine the index $k$ where the change occurs; it depends on properties of the set of annihilating roots of $x$. This result was previously established for the classical Lie groups and algebras. To prove this dichotomy result we combinatorially characterize the subroot systems that are kernels of certain homomorphisms.

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Research Article
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Copyright ©2013 Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc. 

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