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We provide an elementary way to compute continuous solutions of the 2-cocycle functional equation on solvable locally compact groups. Examples are given for certain linear groups. By “elementary” we mean that nothing is used from differential geometry, theory of Lie groups, or group cohomology.
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Manuscript received: April 11, 2008 and, in final form, May 29, 2009.
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Ebanks, B., Stetkær, H. Continuous cocycles on locally compact groups. Aequat. Math. 78, 123 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-009-2970-1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-009-2970-1