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Bent Orsted

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arXiv2023

Askey-Wilson Polynomials and Branching Laws

Connection coefficient formulas for special functions describe change of basis matrices under a parameter change, for bases formed by the special functions. Such formulas are related to branching questions in representation theory. The Askey-Wilson polynomials are one of the most general 1-variable special functions. Our main results are connection coefficient formulas for shifting one of the parameters of the nonsymmetric Askey-Wilson polynomials. We also show how one of these results can be used to re-prove an old result of Askey and Wilson in the symmetric case. The method of proof combines establishing a simpler special case of shifting one parameter by a factor of q with using a co-cycle condition property of the transition matrices involved. Supporting computations use the Noumi representation and are based on simple formulas for how some basic Hecke algebra elements act on natural almost symmetric Laurent polynomials.

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arXiv2022

Some branching laws for symmetric spaces

In this paper we consider the unitary symmetric spaces of the form X=U(p,q)/U(1)U(p,q-1) and their discrete series representations. Inspired by the work of A.Venkatesh and Y.Sekellarides on L-groups of p-adic spherical spaces we formulate and prove natural relative branching laws for the restriction to smaller subgroups of the same type and corresponding unitary spaces.We think of this as steps to formulation and proving Gan Gross Prasad conjectures for unitary spaces. Using period integral and some results of T.Kobayashi we prove an analogue of thesis conjectures.

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arXiv2022

Residue families, singular Yamabe problems and extrinsic conformal Laplacians

Let $(X,g)$ be a compact manifold with boundary $M^n$ and $σ$ a defining function of $M$. To these data, we associate natural conformally covariant polynomial one-parameter families of differential operators $C^\infty(X) \to C^\infty(M)$. They arise through a residue construction which generalizes an earlier construction in the framework of Poincaré-Einstein metrics. The main ingredient of the definition of residue families are eigenfunctions of the Laplacian of the singular metric $σ^{-2}g$. We prove that if $σ$ is an approximate solution of a singular Yamabe problem, these families can be written as compositions of certain degenerate Laplacians. This result implies that the notions of extrinsic conformal Laplacians and extrinsic $Q$-curvature introduced in recent works by Gover and Waldron can naturally be rephrased in terms of residue families. The new spectral theoretical perspective enables us to relate the extrinsic conformal Laplacians and the critical extrinsic $Q$-curvature to the scattering operator of the asymptotically hyperbolic metric $σ^{-2}g$ extending the work of Graham and Zworski. The latter relation implies that the extrinsic conformal Laplacians are self-adjoint. We describe the asymptotic expansion of the volume of a singular Yamabe metric in terms of Laplace-Robin operators. We also derive new local holographic formulas for all extrinsic $Q$-curvatures in terms of renormalized volume coefficients, the scalar curvature of the background metric, and the asymptotic expansions of eigenfunctions of the Laplacian of the singular metric $σ^{-2}g$. Furthermore, we prove a new formula for the singular Yamabe obstruction $B_n$, and we use the latter formula to derive explicit expressions for the obstructions in low-order cases (confirming earlier results). Finally, we relate the obstruction $B_n$ to the supercritical $Q$-curvature $Q_{n+1}$.

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arXiv2021

On singular Yamabe obstructions

We discuss the singular Yamabe obstruction $\mathcal{B}_3$ of a hypersurface in a four-dimensional general background. We derive various explicit formula for $\mathcal{B}_3$ from the original definition. We relate these formulas to corresponding formulas in the literature. The proofs are elementary.

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arXiv2020

Branching problems in reproducing kernel spaces

For a semisimple Lie group $G$ satisfying the equal rank condition, the most basic family of unitary irreducible representations is the discrete series found by Harish-Chandra. In this paper, we study some of the branching laws for discrete series when restricted to a subgroup $H$ of the same type by combining classical results with recent work of T. Kobayashi; in particular, we prove discrete decomposability under Harish-Chandra's condition of cusp form on the reproducing kernel. We show a relation between discrete decomposability and representing certain intertwining operators in terms of differential operators.

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arXiv2019

Branching laws for discrete series of some affine symmetric spaces

In this paper we study branching laws for certain unitary representations. This is done on the smooth vectors via a version of the {\it period integrals}, studied in number theory, and also closely connected to the {\it symmetry-breaking operators}, introduced by T.~Kobayashi. We exhibit non-vanishing symmetry breaking operators for the restriction of a representation $Π$ in the discrete spectrum for real hyperboloids to representations of smaller orthogonal groups. In the last part we discuss some conjectures for the restriction of representations in Arthur packets containing the representation $Π$ and the corresponding Arthur-Vogan packets to smaller orthogonal groups; these are inspired by the Gross-Prasad conjectures.

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arXiv2014

A Plancherel formula for L^2(G/H) for almost symmetric subgroups

In this paper we study the Plancherel formula for a new class of homogeneous spaces for real reductive Lie groups; these spaces are fibered over non-Riemannian symmetric spaces, and they exhibit a phenomenon of uniform infinite multiplicities. They also provide examples of non-tempered representations of the group appearing in the Plancherel formula. Several classes of examples are given.

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arXiv2013

The Clifford Deformation of the Hermite Semigroup

This paper is a continuation of the paper [arXiv:0911.4725], investigating a natural radial deformation of the Fourier transform in the setting of Clifford analysis. At the same time, it gives extensions of many results obtained in [arXiv:0907.3749]. We establish the analogues of Bochner's formula and the Heisenberg uncertainty relation in the framework of the (holomorphic) Hermite semigroup, and also give a detailed analytic treatment of the series expansion of the associated integral transform.

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arXiv2011

Laguerre semigroup and Dunkl operators

We construct a two-parameter family of actions ω_{k,a} of the Lie algebra sl(2,R) by differential-difference operators on R^N \setminus {0}. Here, k is a multiplicity-function for the Dunkl operators, and a>0 arises from the interpolation of the Weil representation of Mp(N,R) and the minimal unitary representation of O(N+1,2) keeping smaller symmetries. We prove that this action ω_{k,a} lifts to a unitary representation of the universal covering of SL(2,R), and can even be extended to a holomorphic semigroup Ω_{k,a}. In the k\equiv 0 case, our semigroup generalizes the Hermite semigroup studied by R. Howe (a=2) and the Laguerre semigroup by the second author with G. Mano (a=1). One boundary value of our semigroup Ω_{k,a} provides us with (k,a)-generalized Fourier transforms F_{k,a}, which includes the Dunkl transform D_k (a=2) and a new unitary operator H_k (a=1), namely a Dunkl-Hankel transform. We establish the inversion formula, and a generalization of the Plancherel theorem, the Hecke identity, the Bochner identity, and a Heisenberg uncertainty inequality for F_{k,a}. We also find kernel functions for Ω_{k,a} and F_{k,a} for a=1,2 in terms of Bessel functions and the Dunkl intertwining operator.

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arXiv2011

Unitary representations of the universal cover of SU(1,1) and tensor products

In this paper we initiate a study of the relation between weight modules for simple Lie algebras and unitary representations of the corresponding simply-connected Lie groups. In particular we consider in detail from this point of view the universal covering group of SU(1,1), including new results on the discrete part of tensor products of irreducible representations. As a consequence of these results, we show that the set of smooth vectors of the tensor product intersects trivially some of the representations in the discrete spectrum.

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arXiv2010

Universal principles for Kazdan-Warner and Pohozaev-Schoen type identities

The classical Pohozaev identity constrains potential solutions of certain semilinear PDE boundary value problems. The Kazdan-Warner identity is a similar necessary condition important for the Nirenberg problem of conformally prescribing scalar curvature on the sphere. For dimensions $n\geq 3$ both identities are captured and extended by a single identity, due to Schoen in 1988. In each of the three cases the identity requires and involves an infinitesimal conformal symmetry. For structures with such a conformal vector field, we develop a very wide, and essentially complete, extension of this picture. Any conformally variational natural scalar invariant is shown to satisfy a Kazdan-Warner type identity, and a similar result holds for scalars that are the trace of a locally conserved 2-tensor. Scalars of the latter type are also seen to satisfy a Pohozaev-Schoen type identity on manifolds with boundary, and there are further extensions. These phenomena are explained and unified through the study of total and conformal variational theory, and in particular the gauge invariances of the functionals concerned. Our generalisation of the Pohozaev-Schoen identity is shown to be a complement to a standard conservation law from physics and general relativity.

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arXiv2010

Conformally invariant trilinear forms on the sphere

To each complex number $λ$ is associated a representation $π_λ$ of the conformal group $SO_0(1,n)$ on $\mathcal C^\infty(S^{n-1})$ (spherical principal series). For three values $λ_1,λ_2,λ_3$, we construct a trilinear form on $\mathcal C^\infty(S^{n-1})\times\mathcal C^\infty(S^{n-1})\times \mathcal C^\infty(S^{n-1})$, which is invariant by $π_{λ_1}\otimes π_{λ_2}\otimes π_{λ_3}$. The trilinear form, first defined for $(λ_1, λ_2,λ_3)$ in an open set of $\mathbb C^3$ is extended meromorphically, with simple poles located in an explicit family of hyperplanes. For generic values of the parameters, we prove uniqueness of trilinear invariant forms.

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arXiv2009

Rigidity of conformal functionals on spheres

In this paper we investigate the nature of stationary points of functionals on the space of Riemannian metrics on a smooth compact manifold. Special cases are spectral invariants associated with Laplace or Dirac operators such as functional determinants, and the total Q-curvature. When the functional is invariant under conformal changes of the metric, and the manifold is the standard n-sphere, we apply methods from representation theory to give a universal form of the Hessian of the functional at a stationary point. This reveals a very strong rigidity in the local structure of any such functional. As a corollary this gives a new proof of the results of K. Okikiolu (Ann. Math., 2001) on local maxima and minima for the determinant of the conformal Laplacian, and we obtain results of the same type in general examples.

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arXiv2009

Geometry of the Borel -- de Siebenthal Discrete Series

Let $G_0$ be a connected, simply connected real simple Lie group. Suppose that $G_0$ has a compact Cartan subgroup $T_0$, so it has discrete series representations. Relative to $T_0$ there is a distinguished positive root system $Δ^+$ for which there is a unique noncompact simple root $ν$, the "Borel -- de Siebenthal system". There is a lot of fascinating geometry associated to the corresponding "Borel -- de Siebenthal discrete series" representations of $G_0$. In this paper we explore some of those geometric aspects and we work out the $K_0$--spectra of the Borel -- de Siebenthal discrete series representations. This has already been carried out in detail for the case where the associated symmetric space $G_0/K_0$ is of hermitian type, i.e. where $ν$ has coefficient 1 in the maximal root $μ$, so we assume that the group $G_0$ is not of hermitian type, in other words that $ν$ has coefficient 2 in $μ$. \medskip Several authors have studied the case where $G_0/K_0$ is a quaternionic symmetric space and the inducing holomorphic vector bundle is a line bundle. That is the case where $μ$ is orthogonal to the compact simple roots and the inducing representation is 1--dimensional.

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arXiv2008

Branching Laws for Some Unitary Representations of SL(4,R)

In this paper we consider the restriction of a unitary irreducible representation of type $A_{\mathfrak q}(λ)$ of $GL(4,{\mathbb R})$ to reductive subgroups $H$ which are the fixpoint sets of an involution. We obtain a formula for the restriction to the symplectic group and to $GL(2,{\mathbb C})$, and as an application we construct in the last section some representations in the cuspidal spectrum of the symplectic and the complex general linear group. In addition to working directly with the cohmologically induced module to obtain the branching law, we also introduce the useful concept of pseudo dual pairs of subgroups in a reductive Lie group.

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arXiv2005

Spontaneous generation of eigenvalues

We show that the action of conformal vector fields on functions on the sphere determines the spectrum of the Laplacian (or the conformal Laplacian), without further input of information. The spectra of intertwining operators (both differential and non-local) with principal part a power of the Laplacian follows as a corollary. An application of the method is the sharp form of Gross' entropy inequality on the sphere. The same method gives the spectrum of the Dirac operator on the sphere, as well as of a continuous family of nonlocal intertwinors, and an infinite family of odd-order differential intertwinors.

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arXiv2004

Laplacians on quotients of Cauchy-Riemann complexes and Szegö map for $L^2$-harmonic forms

We compute the spectra of the Tanaka type Laplacians on the Rumin complex, a quotient of the tangential Cauchy-Riemann complex on the unit sphere in $C^n$. We prove that Szegö map is a unitary operator from a subspace of $(p, q-1)$-forms on the sphere defined by the Tanaka operators and the normal vector field onto the space of $L^2$-harmonic $(p, q)$-forms on the unit ball. Our results generalize earlier result of Folland.

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