 Invariant mean (source code)

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= Invariant mean

An invariant mean on a group $G$ is a positive linear functional $m:\ell^\infty(G)\to\mathbb R$ with $m(1)=1$ and $m(gf)=m(f)$ for every $g\in G$. Applied to <indicator functions>, it is a left-invariant <finitely additive probability measure> on all subsets of $G$.

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