and operator algebras.
Let G be a semisimple Lie group with Iwasawa decomposition G = KAN. Let X = G/K be the associated symmetric space and assume that X is of rank one. Let M be the centraliser of A in K and consider an orthonormal basis of L²(K/M) consisting of K-finite functions of type δ on K/M. For a function f on X let f̃(λ,b), λ ∈ ℂ, be the Helgason Fourier transform. Let be the heat kernel associated to the Laplace-Beltrami operator and let be the Kostant polynomials. We establish the following version...
We prove some Hardy-type inequalities related to quasilinear second-order degenerate elliptic differential operators . If is a positive weight such that , then the Hardy-type inequalityholds. We find an explicit value of the constant involved, which, in most cases, results optimal. As particular case we derive Hardy inequalities for subelliptic operators on Carnot Groups.
We develop the L² harmonic analysis for (Dirac) spinors on the real hyperbolic space Hⁿ(ℝ) and give the analogue of the classical notions and results known for functions and differential forms: we investigate the Poisson transform, spherical function theory, spherical Fourier transform and Fourier transform. Very explicit expressions and statements are obtained by reduction to Jacobi analysis on L²(ℝ). As applications, we describe the exact spectrum of the Dirac operator, study the Abel transform...
We study representations of lattices of into . We show that if a representation is reductive and if is at least 2, then there exists a finite energy harmonic equivariant map from complex hyperbolic -space to complex hyperbolic -space. This allows us to give a differential geometric proof of rigidity results obtained by M. Burger and A. Iozzi. We also define a new invariant associated to representations into of non-uniform lattices in , and more generally of fundamental groups of orientable...