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A subgroup of an amenable group is amenable

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Every subgroup of an amenable group is amenable. One proof restricts an invariant mean after extending bounded functions from the subgroup to the whole group along a set of coset representatives. Consequently, a group containing a nonamenable subgroup is nonamenable.

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