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Choquet-Deny groups and the infinite conjugacy class property

Authors :
Frisch, Joshua
Hartman, Yair
Tamuz, Omer
Ferdowsi, Pooya Vahidi
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

A countable discrete group $G$ is called Choquet-Deny if for every non-degenerate probability measure $\mu$ on $G$ it holds that all bounded $\mu$-harmonic functions are constant. We show that a finitely generated group $G$ is Choquet-Deny if and only if it is virtually nilpotent. For general countable discrete groups, we show that $G$ is Choquet-Deny if and only if none of its quotients has the infinite conjugacy class property. Moreover, when $G$ is not Choquet-Deny, then this is witnessed by a symmetric, finite entropy, non-degenerate measure.<br />Comment: 14 pages. Minor error corrections and changes to definitions, wording and notation

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1802.00751
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4007/annals.2019.190.1.5