C. U., M.Sc. Sem.

3, 2021

M.Sc. Semester 3 Examination, 2021

PURE MATHEMATICS

Paper : PM 3/E1/101
(Abstract Harmonic Analysis I)

Full Marks : 50

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

(Notations have usual meanings.)

Answer all questions

Section I

All are multiple choice questions with single correct option.

In this section, candidates are required to justify the correct choice only
in their own words as far as practicable.

1. Let Rx be the resolvent function of x ∈ X (a unital Banach algebra). Then which of the
following is true?

A. Rx is an entire function.
B. Rx is an analytic function in its domain.
C. Rx is a non-differentiable function.
D. Rx is a discontinuous function.

Justify your choice. 1+4

2. Let G be a topological group and A, B are subsets of G. Then which of the following is NOT
true ?

A. If AB = BA then A · B = B · A, provided G is T0 .
B. If A, B are open then AB is open.
C. If A, B are compact then AB is compact.
If G is connected, ∃ an open symmetric neighbourhood U of the identity of G such that
D. S
∞ n
n=1 U is a proper subgroup of G.

Justify your choice. 1+4

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3. Let µ be a positive measure on a measure space X and f (6= 0) ∈ L1 (µ). Then which of the
following is a measure on X ?
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A. λ(E) :=  f (x)dµ(x)

E
B. λ(E) := 1 when E is infinite, otherwise λ(E) := 0.
Z
C. λ(E) := µ(E) − f (x)dµ(x).
E
D. λ(E) := Cardinality(E).

Justify your choice. 1+4

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true ?

A. The Fourier Transform f 7→ fb from L1 (Rn ) to C0 (Rn ) is surjective.

B. The map f 7→ f ∗ , f ∈ L2 (Rn ) is uniformly continuous.
Z
p n
C. For any f ∈ L (R ), p ≥ 1, lim |f (x − y) − f (x)|p dx = 0.
|y|→0 Rn

D. The Fourier Transform f 7→ fb from L2 (Rn ) to itself is injective.

Justify your choice. 1+4

Section II

All are multiple choice questions which may have multiple correct options.
In this section, candidates are required to say TRUE or FALSE for each of the four options
corresponding to a question and justify all the TRUE options using their own words as far
as practicable.

5. Let X be a unital Banach algebra. Then which of the following statements is/are true and
which is/are false ?

A. The spectrum σ(X) of X is weak*-closed in B := {f ∈ X ∗ : kf k ≤ 1}.

B. For any proper ideal I of X, I is also a proper ideal of X.
C. X/M is a field, provided M is a maximal ideal.
D. Every multiplicative linear functional on X is bounded.

Justify all the choices which are TRUE. 4+6

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6. Let G be an abelian topological group and S (G) be the uniformity on G inducing the topology
of G. Then which of the following statements is/are true and which is/are false ?

A. Every left translation of G is uniformly continuous on (G, S (G)).

B. G is Hausdorff.
C. Every f ∈ C0 (G) is uniformly continuous on G, provided G is locally compact Hausdorff.
D. G is locally compact.

Justify all the choices which are TRUE. 4+6

7. Which of the following statements is/are true and which is/are false ?

A. If f, g ∈ L2 (Rn ) then f[
∗ g = fb · gb.
B. The map f 7→ fy is an isometry from Lp (Rn ) onto itself, for any y ∈ Rn , ∀ p ≥ 1.
C. The Fourier transform preserves the multiplication between L1 (Rn ) and C0 (Rn ).
D. The inverse of the map f 7→ fb, f ∈ L2 (Rn ) is g 7→ b
g, g ∈ L2 (Rn ).

Justify all the choices which are TRUE. 4+6