On a characterization theorem on a-adic solenoids

Abstract

According to the Heyde theorem the Gaussian distribution on the real line is characterized by the symmetry of the conditional distribution of one linear form of independent random variables given the other. We prove an analogue of this theorem for linear forms of two independent random variables taking values in an -adic solenoid containing no elements of order 2. Coefficients of the linear forms are topological automorphisms of the -adic solenoid.