Amenability of Closed Subgroups and Orlicz Spaces

Abstract: We prove that a closed subgroup $H$ of a second countable locally compact group $G$ is amenable if and only if its left regular representation on an Orlicz space $L^\Phi(G)$ for some $\Delta_2$-regular $N$-function $\Phi$ almost has invariant vectors. We also show that a noncompact second countable locally compact group $G$ is amenable if and ony if the first cohomology space $H^1(G,L^\Phi(G))$ is non-Hausdorff for some $\Delta_2$-regular $N$-function $\Phi$.