Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 April 2009
A weighted generalization of a p-Sidon set, called an (a, p)-Sidon set, is introduced and studied for infinite, non-abelian, connected, compact groups G. The entire dual object Ĝ is shown never to be central (p − 1, p)-Sidon for 1 ≦ p < 2, nor central (1 + ε, 2)-Sidon for ε > 0. Local (p, p)-Sidon sets are shown to be identical to local Sidon sets. Examples are constructed of infinite non-Sidon sets which are central (2p − 1, p)-Sidon, or (p − 1, p)-Sidon, for 1 < p < 2. Full m-fold FTR sets are proved not to be central (a, 2m/(m + 1))-Sidon for any a > 1.