Chaos for Cosine Operator Functions on Groups

Abstract

Let 1≤p<∞ and G be a locally compact group. We characterize chaotic cosine operator functions, generated by weighted translations on the Lebesgue space Lp(G), in terms of the weight condition. In particular, chaotic cosine operator functions and chaotic weighted translations can only occur simultaneously. We also give a necessary and sufficient condition for the direct sum of a sequence of cosine operator functions to be chaotic.