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Spherical functions on ordered symmetric spaces

Jacques Faraut, Joachim Hilgert, Gestur Ólafsson (1994)

Annales de l'institut Fourier

We define on an ordered semi simple symmetric space = G / H a family of spherical functions by an integral formula similar to the Harish-Chandra integral formula for spherical functions on a Riemannian symmetric space of non compact type. Associated with these spherical functions we define a spherical Laplace transform. This transform carries the composition product of invariant causal kernels onto the ordinary product. We invert this transform when G is a complex group, H a real form of G , and when ...

Structure of second-order symmetric Lorentzian manifolds

Oihane F. Blanco, Miguel Sánchez, José M. Senovilla (2013)

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 - 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑧𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 , that is to say, Lorentzian manifolds with vanishing second derivative R 0 of the curvature tensor R , are characterized by several geometric properties, and explicitly presented. Locally, they are a product M = M 1 × M 2 where each factor is uniquely determined as follows: M 2 is a Riemannian symmetric space and M 1 is either a constant-curvature Lorentzian space or a definite type of plane wave generalizing the Cahen–Wallach family. In the proper case (i.e., R 0 at some point), the curvature tensor turns out to...

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