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Holomorphic H-spherical distribution vectors in principal series representations

Representation Theory 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

Let G/H be a semisimple symmetric space. The main tool to embed a principal series representation of G into L^2(G/H) are the H-invariant distribution vectors. If G/H is a non-compactly causal symmetric space, then G/H can be realized as a boundary component of the complex crown Ξ\Xi. In this article we construct a minimal G-invariant subdomain ΞH\Xi_H of Ξ\Xi with G/H as Shilov boundary. Let π\pi be a spherical principal series representation of G. We show that the space of H-invariant distribution vectors of π\pi, which admit a holomorphic extension to ΞH\Xi_H, is one dimensional. Furthermore we give a spectral definition of a Hardy space corresponding to those distribution vectors. In particular we achieve a geometric realization of a multiplicity free subspace of L^2(G/H)_mc in a space of holomorphic functions.

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@article{arxiv.math/0304175,
  title  = {Holomorphic H-spherical distribution vectors in principal series representations},
  author = {Simon Gindikin and Bernhard Kroetz and Gestur Olafsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0304175},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Due to a very careful and professional referee's work we could strongly improve on both exposition and detail. To appear in Invent. math., 35 pages, 1 figure

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