Kawada-Itô-Kelley theorem for quantum semigroups

Abstract

Idempotent states on locally compact quantum semigroups with weak cancellation properties are shown to be Haar states on a certain sub-object described by an operator system with comultiplication. We also give a characterization of the situation when this sub-object is actually a compact quantum subgroup. In particular we reproduce classical results on idempotent probability measures on locally compact semigroups with cancellation.