Indicator-element realization conjecture for Choquet decompositions of invariant means

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Let Γ\Gamma be a discrete abelian group, let m∈Mτ(Γ)m\in\mathcal M_{\tau}(\Gamma) be an invariant mean, let σ\sigma be a Choquet decomposition of mm, and let E⊆Mτext(Γ)E\subseteq\mathcal M_{\tau}^{\mathrm{ext}}(\Gamma) be σ\sigma-measurable. An indicator element of L2(m)L^2(m) is a function obtained as an L2(m)L^2(m)-limit of indicator functions 1Cn1_{C_n} of subsets Cn⊆ΓC_n\subseteq\Gamma. Indicator-element realization conjecture. There is a τ\tau-invariant indicator element w∈L2(m)w\in L^2(m) such that

m(fw)=∫ν(f)1E(ν) dσ(ν)m(fw)=\int \nu(f)1_E(\nu)\,d\sigma(\nu)

for every f∈ℓ∞(Γ)f\in\ell^\infty(\Gamma). This would realize the part of the Choquet decomposition selected by EE through a translation-invariant indicator element; its plausibility is motivated by the corresponding restriction construction, but the cited incompleteness phenomenon shows that an actual invariant set need not exist, and the conjecture remains open in the supplied context.

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John T. Griesmer, “Kneser- and Jin-type inverse theorems in discrete abelian groups”, arXiv:2602.19014 (2026).

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