On uniqueness of invariant means

Abstract

The following results on uniqueness of invariant means are shown: (i) Let <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper G"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">G</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb {G}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> be a connected almost simple algebraic group defined over <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper Q"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Q</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb {Q}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> . Assume that <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper G left-parenthesis double-struck upper R right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">G</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">R</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb {G}(\mathbb {R})</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> , the group of the real points in <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper G"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">G</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb {G}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> , is not compact. Let <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="p"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">p</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> be a prime, and let <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper G left-parenthesis double-struck upper Z Subscript p Baseline right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">G</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb {G}({\mathbb {Z}}_{p})</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> be the compact <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="p"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">p</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -adic Lie group of the <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper Z Subscript p"> <mml:semantics> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\mathbb {Z}}_{p}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> –points in <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper G"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">G</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb {G}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> . Then the normalized Haar measure on <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper G left-parenthesis double-struck upper Z Subscript p Baseline right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">G</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb {G}({\mathbb {Z}}_{p})</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> is the unique invariant mean on <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper L Superscript normal infinity Baseline left-parenthesis double-struck upper G left-parenthesis double-struck upper Z Subscript p Baseline right-parenthesis right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal"> ∞ </mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">G</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow class="MJX-T