Skip to main content

All Questions

6 votes
1 answer
240 views

Poisson kernel for the orthogonal groups

For the complex ball $|z|^2\le 1$ in $\mathbb{C}^n$, there is a Poisson kernel proportional to $|x-z|^{-2n}$. This is generalized to the unitary group $U(N)$ so that in the complex matrix ball $Z^\...
thedude's user avatar
  • 1,519
7 votes
0 answers
397 views

What is the relationship between Hecke algebras and the enveloping algebra of Lie groups?

Here is the story as I see it. Let $G$ be an abelian locally compact group. Then the (spherical) Hecke algebra for $K=1$ is by definition the endomorphism algebra of $l^2(G)$ as a $G$-module, where ...
Tim Phalange's user avatar
6 votes
1 answer
291 views

Idempotent functions on Sp(1)

The quaternion group $Sp(1)\simeq S^3$ can be understood as $(z,w)\in\mathbb {C}^2$ with $|z|^2+|w|^2=1$ where multiplication is defined by $(z,w)(t,s)=(zt-\bar{s}w,zs+\bar{t}w)$. Question: How do ...
BigM's user avatar
  • 1,573
14 votes
1 answer
496 views

Generalizing the Fourier isomorphism between Sobolev spaces and weighted $L^2$ spaces to (locally) compact groups?

Motivating examples: Let $V$ be a real vector space with Haar measure $dv$. The fourier transform induces the following topological isomorphism: $$H^s(V,dv) \cong L^2(V^*,(1+|v^*|^2)^sdv^*)$$ The ...
Saal Hardali's user avatar
  • 7,689
5 votes
0 answers
119 views

Characterizing Herz-Schur multipliers using coefficient functions of uniformly bounded representations

Let $G$ be a group and let $c > 1$ be a constant. We denote by $B_c(G)$ the space of all coefficients of the representations of $G$ which are uniformly bounded by $c$; more precisely, a function $f:...
Mahmood Al's user avatar
9 votes
1 answer
390 views

Relationship between Harish-Chandra Schwartz space and more generic Schwartz spaces

If $G$ is a connected semisimple Lie group with finite center, Harish-Chandra defined a Schwartz space of rapidly decreasing functions on $G$ as the space of $\mathrm{C}^\infty$ functions defined by ...
Cameron Zwarich's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
519 views

Characters separating points on Maximal Torus modulo Weyl group?

Let G be a compact Lie group, for example, SU(n). Let T be its maximal torus. Let W be its Weyl group. Every finite-dimensional representation of G has a character, which is a function on G, T and T/...
Jeep Wrangler's user avatar
5 votes
2 answers
291 views

Structure of the unitary representation $L^2(N/M)$ when $N$ is a nilpotent Lie group

Hi All, I am new to this (though I seem to be a latecomer); so forgive me if this is not your most favorite question: I am trying to understand the structure (e.g., decomposition) of the unitary ...
Valerie's user avatar
  • 885