"The Independence of Characters on Nonabelian Groups" by David E. Grow

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The Independence of Characters on Nonabelian Groups

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

David E. Grow, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Kathryn E. Hare

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Abstract

We show that there are characters of compact, connected, nonabelian groups that approximate random choices of signs. The work was motivated by Kronecker's theorem on the independence of exponential functions and has applications to thin sets.

Department(s)

Mathematics and Statistics

Sponsor(s)

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Swedish Natural Science Research Council

Keywords and Phrases

Characters,
Compact Lie Groups,
Compact Non-Abelian Groups,
Independence

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

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Publication Date

1-1-2004

Publication Date

01 Jan 2004

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Citation Information

David E. Grow and Kathryn E. Hare. "The Independence of Characters on Nonabelian Groups" Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (2004)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david-grow/13/