Discrete spectrum of probability measures for locally compact group actions

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the discrete spectrum of probability measures for actions of locally compact groups. We establish that a probability measure has a discrete spectrum if and only if it has bounded measure-max-mean-complexity. As applications: 1) An invariant measure for a locally compact amenable group action has a discrete spectrum if and only if it has bounded mean-complexity along F\o lner sequences; 2) An invariant measure for a locally compact amenable group action has a discrete spectrum if and only if it is mean equicontinuous along a tempered F\o lner sequence, or equicontinuous in the mean along a tempered F\o lner sequence.