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Title
Automorphisms and derivations of a Fréchet algebra of locally integrable functions
Authors 1, 2
Affiliations
- Department of Mathematics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
- epartment of Mathematics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
Abstract
We find representations for the automorphisms, derivations and multipliers of the Fréchet algebra of locally integrable functions on the half-line . We show, among other things, that every automorphism θ of is of the form , where D is a derivation, X is the operator of multiplication by coordinate, λ is a complex number, a > 0, and is the dilation operator ( , ). It is also shown that the automorphism group is a topological group with the topology of uniform convergence on bounded sets and is the semidirect product of a connected subgroup and a discrete group which is isomorphic to the discrete group of real numbers.
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