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The Plancherel decomposition for a reductive symmetric space II. Representation theory

Representation Theory 2007-05-23 v4

Abstract

We obtain the Plancherel decomposition for a reductive symmetric space in the sense of representation theory. Our starting point is the Plancherel formula for spherical Schwartz functions, obtained in part I (math.RT/0107063). The formula for Schwartz functions involves Eisenstein integrals obtained by a residual calculus. In the present paper we identify these integrals as matrix coefficients of the generalized principal series.

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@article{arxiv.math/0111304,
  title  = {The Plancherel decomposition for a reductive symmetric space II. Representation theory},
  author = {E. P. van den Ban and H. Schlichtkrull},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0111304},
  year   = {2007}
}

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60 pages, LaTeX 2e, revised introduction. Accepted by Invent. Math

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