Fonctions harmoniques positives sur certains groupes de Lie résolubles connexes
Let H₁ be the 3-dimensional Heisenberg group. We prove that a modified version of the spherical transform is an isomorphism between the space 𝓢ₘ(H₁) of Schwartz functions of type m and the space 𝓢(Σₘ) consisting of restrictions of Schwartz functions on ℝ² to a subset Σₘ of the Heisenberg fan with |m| of the half-lines removed. This result is then applied to study the case of general Schwartz functions on H₁.
The sub-Laplacian on the Heisenberg group is first decomposed into twisted Laplacians parametrized by Planck's constant. Using Fourier-Wigner transforms so parametrized, we prove that the twisted Laplacians are globally hypoelliptic in the setting of tempered distributions. This result on global hypoellipticity is then used to obtain Liouville's theorems for harmonic functions for the sub-Laplacian on the Heisenberg group.