Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
Let G be a compact abelian group with dual group Γ. For 1 ≦ p < ∞, 1 ≦ q < ∞, let denote the Banach space of complex-valued functions on Γ which are multipliers of type (p, q) and the subspace of compact multipliers.
Grothendieck [10; 11] has proven that a function in LP(G), 1 ≦ p < 2, has an unconditionally converging Fourier series in LP(G) if and only if it is in L2(G), and Helgason [12] has proven that the derived algebra of LP(G), 1 ≦ p < 2, is L2(G). Using these results we show in § 2 that a multiplier of type (p, g), 1 ≦ p ≦ 2, 1 ≦ q ≦ 2, has an unconditionally converging Fourier series in if and only if it is in (Theorem 2.1), and that, for 1 ≦ p ≦ q ≦ 2, the derived algebra of is (Theorem 2.2). Statements equivalent to the above are also given.