A CONSTRUCTION FOR WEIGHTS ON C*-ALGEBRAS: DUAL WEIGHTS FOR C*-CROSSED PRODUCTS

Abstract

A method for constructing densely defined lower semi-continuous weights on C*-algebras is presented. The method can be used to construct a "dual weight" on the C*-crossed product A×αG of a C*-dynamical system (A,G,α), starting from a relatively α-invariant densely defined lower semi-continuous weight on A. As an application we show that the Haar measure on the quantum E(2) group is a C*-dual weight.