Chennai Mathematical Institute

Seminars




3:30 pm, Seminar Hall
Lacunary series in duals of compact groups and generalizations

Gilles Pisier
Texas A&M University/University of Paris VI.
28-12-16


Abstract

We will recall some of the classical theory of Sidon sets of characters on compact groups (Abelian or not). We will then give several recent extensions to Sidon sets, randomly Sidon sets and subgaussian sequences in bounded orthonormal systems, following recent work by Bourgain and Lewko, and by the author, both currently available on arxiv. The case of matricial systems, analogous to Fourier-Peter-Weyl series on compact groups, connects the subject to random matrix theory. An unpublished result of Rider (circa 1975) will also be highlighted.