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The Segal-Bargmann transform for noncompact symmetric spaces of the complex type

Quantum Physics 2007-10-01 v2 Mathematical Physics Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

We consider the generalized Segal-Bargmann transform, defined in terms of the heat operator, for a noncompact symmetric space of the complex type. For radial functions, we show that the Segal-Bargmann transform is a unitary map onto a certain L^2 space of meromorphic functions. For general functions, we give an inversion formula for the Segal-Bargmann transform, involving integration against an "unwrapped" version of the heat kernel for the dual compact symmetric space. Both results involve delicate cancellations of singularities.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0409118,
  title  = {The Segal-Bargmann transform for noncompact symmetric spaces of the complex type},
  author = {Brian C. Hall and Jeffrey J. Mitchell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0409118},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

28 pages. Minor corrections made. To appear in J. Functional Analysis