Multiplication by bounded continuous operator-valued functions on Lᵖ #
Let X be a topological space with a Borel measure μ that is inner regular with respect to
compact sets on sets of finite measure, for instance the Haar measure MeasureTheory.Measure.haar
of a locally compact group. A bounded continuous function F : X →ᵇ (E →L[𝕜] E') acts on
Lᵖ(X, E), for 1 ≤ p < ∞, by pointwise application, f ↦ (x ↦ F x (f x)). This file bundles
that action as BoundedContinuousFunction.mulLp F μ p hp, a bounded operator of norm at most
‖F‖. When p = 2 and E = E' = H is a Hilbert space, F ↦ F.mulLp μ 2 _ is a unital
⋆-homomorphism BoundedContinuousFunction.mulL2StarAlgHom from X →ᵇ (H →L[𝕜] H) to the bounded
operators on L²(X, H). These operators carry the coefficient representation of the regular
covariant representation of a C⋆-dynamical system on L²(G, H).
The symbol is not regarded as an element of L∞: on a locally compact group that is not
σ-compact, a Haar measure is not σ-finite, and a continuous operator-valued function need not be
a.e. strongly measurable. Mathlib's Hölder multiplication ContinuousLinearMap.holderL therefore
does not apply. Each f ∈ Lᵖ with p < ∞ vanishes outside a σ-finite set, however, and there
inner regularity makes x ↦ F x (f x) a.e. strongly measurable,
MeasureTheory.AEFinStronglyMeasurable.aestronglyMeasurable_clm_apply; this is why p = ∞ is
excluded. For scalar symbols in L∞ see MeasureTheory.Lp.multiplicationOperator.
Pointwise application of a bounded continuous operator-valued function to an Lᵖ function,
x ↦ F x (f x), is again in Lᵖ for 0 < p < ∞.
Pointwise application of a bounded continuous operator-valued function F, as a bounded
operator f ↦ (x ↦ F x (f x)) from Lᵖ(X, E) to Lᵖ(X, E') for 1 ≤ p < ∞.
Instances For
The multiplication operator acts by pointwise application almost everywhere.
Multiplication operators are determined by their pointwise action: an Lᵖ class equal almost
everywhere to x ↦ F x (f x) is F.mulLp μ p hp f.
The operator norm of a multiplication operator is at most the supremum norm of its symbol.
Multiplication by the constant identity function is the identity operator.
Multiplication operators compose by pointwise composition of their symbols.
The adjoint of multiplication by F is multiplication by the pointwise adjoint star F.
Multiplication of L²(X, H) by bounded continuous operator-valued functions, as a unital
⋆-homomorphism into the bounded operators on L²(X, H).