Fixed points and limits of convolution powers of contractive quantum measures

Abstract

We study fixed points of contractive convolution operators associated to contractive quantum measures on locally compact quantum groups. We characterise the existence of non-zero fixed points respectively on $L^{\infty }(\mathbb{G})$ and on $C_0(\mathbb{G})$, and exploit these results to obtain for example the structure of the fixed points on the non-commutative $L_p$-spaces. Some consequences for the fixed points of classical convolution operators and Herz-Schur multipliers are also indicated.

26 pages, v2 contains very minor changes. The paper will appear in the Indiana University Mathematics Journal