Hilbert Transformation and $r\mathrm{Spin}(n)+\mathbb{R}^n$ Group

Abstract

In this paper we study symmetry properties of the Hilbert transformation of several real variables in the Clifford algebra setting. In order to describe the symmetry properties we introduce the group $r\mathrm{Spin}(n)+\mathbb{R}^n, r>0,$ which is essentially an extension of the ax+b group. The study concludes that the Hilbert transformation has certain characteristic symmetry properties in terms of $r\mathrm{Spin}(n)+\mathbb{R}^n.$ In the present paper, for $n=2$ and $3$ we obtain, explicitly, the induced spinor representations of the $r\mathrm{Spin}(n)+\mathbb{R}^n$ group. Then we decompose the natural representation of $r\mathrm{Spin}(n)+\mathbb{R}^n$ into the direct sum of some two irreducible spinor representations, by which we characterize the Hilbert transformation in $\mathbb{R}^3$ and $\mathbb{R}^2.$ Precisely, we show that a nontrivial skew operator is the Hilbert transformation if and only if it is invariant under the action of the $r\mathrm{Spin}(n)+\mathbb{R}^n, n=2,3,$ group.