Let K be a closed Lie subgroup of the unitary group U(n) acting by automorphisms on the (2n+1)-dimensional Heisenberg group $H_n$. We say that $(K,H_n)$ is a Gelfand pair when the set $L_K^1\left(H_n\right)$ of integrable K-invariant functions on $H_n$ is an abelian convolution algebra. In this case, the Gelfand space (or spectrum) for $L_K^1\left(H_n\right)$ can be identified with the set $\Delta (K,H_n)$ of bounded K-spherical functions on $H_n$. In this paper, we study the natural topology on $\Delta (K,H_n)$ given by uniform convergence on compact subsets in $H_n$. We show that $\Delta (K,H_n)$ is a complete...

We present a new method for establishing the ‘‘gap” property for finitely generated subgroups of $SU\left(2\right)$, providing an elementary solution of Ruziewicz problem on $S^2$ as well as giving many new examples of finitely generated subgroups of $SU\left(2\right)$ with an explicit gap. The distribution of the eigenvalues of the elements of the group ring $𝐑[SU(2\left)\right]$ in the $N$-th irreducible representation of $SU\left(2\right)$ is also studied. Numerical experiments indicate that for a generic (in measure) element of $𝐑[SU(2\left)\right]$, the “unfolded” consecutive spacings...

We study spectral multipliers for a distinguished Laplacian on certain groups of exponential growth. We obtain a stronger optimal version of the results proved in [CGHM] and [A].

Let G be a Lie group, Xj right invariant vector fields on G, which generate (as a Lie algebra) the Lie algebra of G,L = -Σ Xj2.(...) In this paper we consider L1(G) boundedness of F(L) for (some) metabelian G and a distinguished L on G. Of the main interest is that the group is of exponential growth, and possibly higher rank. Previously positive results about higher rank groups were only about Iwasawa type groups. Also, our groups may be unimodular, so it is the second positive result (after [13])...

Let G be a locally compact abelian group and ℳ be a semifinite von Neumann algebra with a faithful semifinite normal trace τ. We study Hilbert transforms associated with G-flows on ℳ and closed semigroups Σ of Ĝ satisfying the condition Σ ∪ (-Σ) = Ĝ. We prove that Hilbert transforms on such closed semigroups satisfy a weak-type estimate and can be extended as linear maps from L¹(ℳ,τ) into $L^{1,\infty }(ℳ,\tau )$. As an application, we obtain a Matsaev-type result for p = 1: if x is a quasi-nilpotent compact operator...

In this note we define and explore, à la Godement, spectral subspaces of Banach space representations of the Fourier-Eymard algebra of a (nonabelian) locally compact group.

For locally compact, second countable, type I groups G, we characterize all closed (two-sided) translation invariant subspaces of L²(G). We establish a similar result for K-biinvariant L²-functions (K a fixed maximal compact subgroup) in the context of semisimple Lie groups.

Spectrum generating technique introduced by Ólafsson, Ørsted, and one of the authors in the paper (Branson, T., Ólafsson, G. and Ørsted, B., Spectrum generating operators, and intertwining operators for representations induced from a maximal parabolic subgroups, J. Funct. Anal. 135 (1996), 163–205.) provides an efficient way to construct certain intertwinors when $K$-types are of multiplicity at most one. Intertwinors on the twistor bundle over $S^1\times S^{n-1}$ have some $K$-types of multiplicity 2. With some additional...

Let A be a semisimple commutative regular tauberian Banach algebra with spectrum ${\Sigma }_A$. In this paper, we study the norm spectra of elements of $\overline{span}{\Sigma }_A$ and present some applications. In particular, we characterize the discreteness of ${\Sigma }_A$ in terms of norm spectra. The algebra A is said to have property (S) if, for all $\phi \in \overline{}{\Sigma }_{A}0$, φ has a nonempty norm spectrum. For a locally compact group G, let ${ℳ}_2^d\left(Ĝ\right)$ denote the C*-algebra generated by left translation operators on $L^2\left(G\right)$ and $G_d$ denote the discrete group G. We prove that the Fourier...