We first study the behavior of weights on a simply connected nilpotent Lie group G. Then for a subalgebra A of L¹(G) containing the Schwartz algebra 𝓢(G) as a dense subspace, we characterize all closed two-sided ideals of A whose hull reduces to one point which is a character.
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David Alexander; Jean Ludwig. Minimal ideals of group algebras. Studia Mathematica, Tome 162 (2004) pp. 205-229. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-sm160-3-2/