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Elements of Mathematics Integration II
Elements of Mathematics Integration II
p~” for two such
integers k and k’, therefore the classes modulo p”Z,p of these integers are
distinct. On the other hand, let + € Zp; there exists a k € Z such that
|x —klp < p~”; adding a suitable multiple of p” to k, one can suppose that
k € [0,p" — 1], and z is congruent to k modulo p"Z,. Whence our asser-
tion. This shows that Z,/p"Zp is canonically isomorphic to Z/p"Z. One
sees, moreover, that Zp is precompact, hence compact since it is complete.
Since Zp is an open subgroup of Q,, Qy is locally compact. The topology
of Q, has a countable base (GT, IX, §2, No. 9, Cor. of Prop. 16). The
additive group Q, may be identified with the inverse limit of the discrete
groups Q,/p"Zp.
There exists one and only one Haar measure a on the additive group Qp
such that a(Zp) = 1; it is called the normalized Haar measure on Qp.
Since Zp is the union of p” disjoint cosets of p"Z, (n an integer > 0), one
has a(p"Zp) = p-"; similarly a(p-"Zp) = p”, so that, finally, a(p"Zp) =
p-” for every n € Z. By Prop. 8b), a is the only positive measure on Qp
such that every coset of p"Zp (n an integer >0) has measure p-”.
The restriction of a to Zp is obviously a Haar measure on Zp.
7. Local definition of a Haar measure
PROPOSITION 9. — Let G be a locally compact group, V an open subset
of G, and w a nonzero positive measure on V having the following property:
if U is an open subset of V and if s € G is such that sU C V, then the
image of the measure yy induced by 4 on U, under the homeomorphism
ars sx of U onto sU, is usu. Then, there exists one and only one left
Haar measure a on G that induces wp on V.
For every s €G, let 1, be the image of under the homeomorphism
a> sx of V onto sV. The restriction of yw, to VM sV is the image
of fs-1ynv under the restriction of c++ sz to s~!'V NV; by hypothesis,
this image is uvnsv - By translation, one concludes from this that yw. and pr
have the same restriction to sVMtV for any s,¢. Therefore, by Prop. 1 of
Ch. III, §2, No. 1, there exists a measure a on G that induces p, on sV for
every s. It isclear that a is the unique left Haar measure on G inducing p
on V.
CoroLLary. — Let G, G’ be two locally compact groups, V (resp. V’)
an open neighborhood of the neutral element of G (resp. G’), and y a local
isomorphism of G’ with G (GT, III, §1, No. 3, Def. 2) defined on V’,
such that p(V') = V. Let a’ be a left Haar measure on G’, and at, itsNo. 8 CONSTRUCTION OF A HAAR MEASURE INT VII.19
restriction to V'. Then ¢(a\,,) is the restriction to V of a unique left Haar
measure a on G.
Let Vi be an open neighborhood of e in G such that viv; cv
Let ys be the restriction of y(ay,) to Vi. Let U be an open subset of Vi
and let s € G be such that sU C V,. Then s € Vi V;' C V, therefore
s = 9(s’) for some s’ € V’. Let « € U. Then x = (z’) for some
a’ € V’, therefore sx = y(s’)p(z’) = y(s'x’) since sre sU C V. Since
the left translations in G’ preserve a’, one sees that Vi and p satisfy the
conditions of Prop. 9. Let @ be the left Haar measure on G inducing p
on V,. For every ¢ € V, there exists an open neighborhood W of e in Vi
such that tW C V. Then the restriction of p(aty,) to tW may be deduced
by translation from the restriction of » to W, hence is the restriction of a
to tW. Therefore y(a‘,,) is the restriction of a to V.
One says that a is deduced from a! by means of the local isomorph-
ism y.
Example. — The Haar measure on T obtained in No. 2, Example 3
may be deduced from the Lebesgue measure on R_ by a local isomorphism
of R with T.
8. Relatively invariant measures
PROPOSITION 10. — Let G be a locally compact group, y a relative-
ly left-invariant measure on G with multiplier x. If x1 is a continuous
representation of G in C*, the measure x1-m is relatively left-invariant
with multiplier xix.
For,
(s)(x1 -#) = ((s)x2) - (4(s)e) = (x2(87*)x1) + (x(8)-*#)
= (x1x)(8)7*(x1 -H)-
CorROLLARY 1. — Let ps be a left Haar measure on G. For a nonzero
measure v on G to be relatively left-invariant, it is necessary and suffi-
cient that it be of the form ax-, where a € C* and x is a continuous
representation of G in C*; its multiplier is then x.
The condition is sufficient (Prop. 10). On the other hand, if v is a
nonzero relatively left-invariant measure with multiplier y, then x~!-v is
left-invariant (Prop. 10) hence is of the form ap with a € C* (No. 2, Cor.
of Th. 1).
COROLLARY 2. — Every relatively left-invariant measure is relatively
right-invariant.INT VII.20 HAAR MEASURE §1
For, with the notations of Cor. 1,
4(s)(x- u) = (6(8)x) - (6(s)H) = (x(s)x) - (Ac(s)z)
= (xAc)(s)(x- #)-
On account of Cor. 2, we shall henceforth speak of relatively invari-
ant measures on G, without further specification. The relatively invariant
measures admit as special cases the left Haar measures and the right Haar
measures. Given a relatively invariant measure v on G, it is convenient to
distinguish between its left multiplier x and its right multiplier x’ , defined
by 7(s)v = x(s)~1v, 6(s)v = x/(s)v. By (34), these multipliers satisfy the
relation
(34)
(35) x =xAc.-
Still denoting by a left Haar measure, we have
b= (x-p) =X-h= (1G) -n,
thus ? is relatively invariant with left multiplier y~!Ag! and right multi-
plier x~?.
The concepts of negligible, locally negligible, measurable and locally
integrable function are the same for every relatively invariant measure.
9. Quasi-invariant measures
PROPOSITION 11. — Let G be a locally compact group, mu a left Haar
measure on G. For a measure v #0 on G to be left quasi-invariant, it is
necessary and sufficient that v be equivalent to p.
Sufficiency is obvious. Let v # 0 be a left quasi-invariant measure,
and let us show that v is equivalent to 4. We can restrict ourselves to
the case that vy > 0. Let A be a compact subset of G. We will show, as
will establish the proposition, that the conditions u(A) = 0, v(A) = 0 are
equivalent (Ch. V, §5, No. 5, Th. 2).
a) For every f € #.(G), the function (x,y) > f(x)pa(ry) on GxG
is (v @ )-integrable, because it is upper semi-continuous, bounded, and its
support is contained in the compact set K x K~!A if one sets K = Supp f.
Therefore, by the Lebesgue-Fubini theorem,
(0) [dey f patentee) aute) = f s(2) awa) f exten) arty).No. 10 CONSTRUCTION OF A HAAR MEASURE. INT VII.21
b) Suppose v(A) = 0. By hypothesis, v(tA) = 0 for all x € G,
therefore the right side of (36) is zero. Therefore there exists a v-negligible
set Ny such that, for y¢ Ny,
(7) 0= f vatev)s(e)dute) = Acta) [ vale) sev) dute).
Let B be a compact subset of G such that v(B) # 0, and take for f
a function in %(G) equal to 1 on AB~!. There then exists a y € B
such that (37) is verified. But since ya(x)f(zy~!) = ya(x) for y € B, this
proves that (A) = 0.
c) Suppose y(A) = 0. Then, for every f € #.(G), the left side
of (36) is zero, hence also the right side. Consequently, there exists a locally
u-negligible set M such that f pa(ry)dv(y) =0 for c¢M. Since » 0,
it follows that v(xA) =0 for some z € G, whence v(A) =0.
Applying Prop. 11 to G°, one sees that the right quasi-invariant mea-
sures are identical with the left quasi-invariant measures. They are called
simply quasi-invariant measures on G.
10. Locally compact fields
DEFINITION 6. — Let K be a locally compact field. For a € K*, one
calls modulus of a, and denotes by modx (a) or simply mod(a) , the modulus
of the automorphism «++ ax of the additive group K+ underlying K; one
sets mod(0) =0.
Examples. — 1) Let K=R. If 5 > 0 then s- [0,1] = [0,5]; if s <0,
s- [0,1] =[s,0]. Thus mod t = |¢| for all t¢ R.
2) Let K = Qp. If s € QS is such that |s|p =p", then sZp is the
set of x € Q, such that |x|, < p~”; therefore, if 4 denotes the normalized
Haar measure on Q,, then y(sZp) = p-”. Thus moda,t = |t\p for all
tEQ,.
PROPOSITION 12. — The function mod is continuous on K, and
mod(ab) = mod(a)mod(6) for all a,b in K.
The last assertion is obvious. Prop. 4 of No. 4 shows that the function
mod is continuous at every point of K*. It remains only to show its con-
tinuity at 0. This is obvious for discrete K; we shall therefore assume K
nondiscrete. Let a be a Haar measure on Kt and let C be a compact sub-
set of K such that a(C) > 0; for @ € K*, we have a(aC) = mod(a)a(C) .
©) Corps (A, I, §9, No. 1), also translated as “division ring” (GT, III, §6, No. 7).INT VII.22 HAAR MEASURE §1
Since K is not discrete, a({0}) = 0 (No. 2, Prop. 2); therefore, for ev-
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