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Right translation scales left Haar measure

Statement

Assume AC. For a fixed left Haar measure μ on an LCH group G and g∈G, the functional f↦∫Gf(xg) dμ(x) is integration against a left Haar measure, hence equals a unique positive scalar c(g)∫Gf dμ on Cc(G).

Facts & Assumptions

Given: An LCH group G, a left Haar measure μ on G, an element g∈G, and AC.

[F1]

A left Haar measure is a nonzero Borel measure that is left invariant, finite on compact sets, outer regular on Borel sets and inner regular on open sets; a left Haar integral is a nonzero positive left-invariant functional on Cc(G;R) with complexification by real and imaginary parts (Left Haar integral and left Haar measure).

[F2]

A continuous map T:X→Y between topological spaces is Borel measurable: the sets B⊆Y with T−1B∈B(X) form a sigma-algebra containing every open set, and hence contain B(Y) by its generated-sigma-algebra definition. Applying this to a homeomorphism and its inverse shows that it transports Borel sets in both directions (The Borel sigma-algebra of a topological space).

[F4]

Right translation preserves Cc: for f∈Cc(G) and a∈G one has Raf(x)=f(xa) in Cc(G) with supp⁡(Raf)=(supp⁡f)a−1; left translation is the same statement with a left translate of the support (Translations preserve compactly supported continuous functions).

[F5]

Any two left Haar measures on an LCH group are positive scalar multiples on every Borel set (Uniqueness of left Haar measure up to scale).

[F6]

Monotone convergence passes increasing limits of nonnegative measurable functions through the integral (Monotone convergence for the integral).

[A1]

AC is assumed in the choice-function form of the cited definition (The Axiom of Choice).

Proof

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1.1

Fix g∈G and define νg(E):=μ(Eg−1) for every Borel set E. The map θg(x):=xg is a homeomorphism of G with inverse x↦xg−1, so it carries Borel sets to Borel sets by [F2] and compact sets to compact sets by [F3]. Hence νg is a nonzero Borel measure (it is nonzero because μ is, by [F1]) that is finite on compact sets: if K is compact then Kg−1 is compact by [F3] and νg(K)=μ(Kg−1)<∞ by [F1]. It is outer regular on Borel sets, since the homeomorphism gives a bijection W↦Wg from open supersets of Eg−1 to open supersets of E, and therefore νg(E)=μ(Eg−1)=inf⁡W⊇Eg−1 openμ(W)=inf⁡U⊇E openνg(U), also when the value is infinite. Finally it is inner regular on open sets: for open V the set Vg−1 is open, so inner regularity of μ gives νg(V)=μ(Vg−1)=sup⁡{μ(L):L⊆Vg−1 compact}, and L↦Lg is a bijection between the compact subsets of Vg−1 and those of V with μ(L)=νg(Lg); hence νg(V)=sup⁡{νg(K):K⊆V compact}. Thus νg is a Radon measure.

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1.2

For f∈Cc(G) define Ng(f):=∫Gf(xg) dμ(x). By [F4] the function x↦f(xg) lies again in Cc(G), so it is integrable against the compact-finite measure μ by [F1]; thus Ng is a real-linear functional on Cc(G;R), and it is positive, because f≥0 implies f(xg)≥0 for every x and hence Ng(f)≥0.

F1F4
2.1

The measure νg of step 1.1 represents Ng. Indeed, for the indicator of a Borel set E the definitions give νg(E)=μ(Eg−1)=∫G1E(xg) dμ(x); both sides are additive, so linearity extends the identity to nonnegative simple functions, [F6] extends it to all nonnegative Borel functions, and taking real and imaginary parts extends it to all of Cc(G). In particular the Radon measure νg is the one attached to the positive functional Ng, and νg≠0 by step 1.1.

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2.2

νg is left invariant: for a∈G and Borel E, νg(aE)=μ(aEg−1)=μ(Eg−1)=νg(E), using left invariance of μ in the middle step. With step 1.1 this makes νg a left Haar measure in the sense of [F1].

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3.1

Since μ and νg are both left Haar measures, [F5] (whose choice hypothesis is discharged by [A1]) provides a scalar c(g)>0 with νg(E)=c(g)μ(E) for every Borel set E. The scalar is unique: if also c′μ=νg then (c−c′)μ(E)=0 for every Borel E, and some Borel set E has 0<μ(E)<∞, since μ≠0 together with outer and inner regularity of μ produces a compact set of positive finite measure by [F1].

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4.1

Consequently, for every f∈Cc(G), the representation in step 2.1 and the proportionality in step 3.1 give ∫Gf(xg) dμ(x)=Ng(f)=∫Gf dνg=c(g)∫Gf dμ, which is the asserted identity; the case f=ix with i the imaginary unit is handled by applying the real identity to Re⁡f and Im⁡f. The scalar c(g) is positive and unique by step 3.1, and c(e)=1 because νe=μ.

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Remarks

  • Borel-level form. The proof upgrades the identity to measures: νg is the Radon measure E↦μ(Eg−1), so for every nonnegative Borel F and every μ-integrable F, ∫GF(xg) dμ(x)=∫GF dνg=c(g)∫GF dμ, because the integral of a nonnegative Borel function is determined by the measure it integrates against.
  • Existence is not assumed. The lemma is conditional on a given left Haar measure; under AC such a measure exists for every LCH group by Existence of left and right Haar measures, so the modular function defined on the next item is available for every LCH group.
  • Terminology. The scalar c(g) is the reciprocal normalization of the modular function defined on the next item, ΔG(g)=c(g−1); the affine computation of the companion page displays that convention concretely.

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