Infinite Dimensional Multiplicity Free Spaces III: Matrix Coefficients and Regular Functions

Given a connected semisimple Lie group $G$ and an arithmetic subgroup $\Gamma$, it is well-known that each irreducible representation $\pi$ of $G$ occurs in the discrete spectrum $L^2_{\text{disc}}(\Gamma\backslash G)$ of $L^2(\Gamma\backslash G)$ with at most a finite multiplicity $m_{\Gamma}(\pi)$. While $m_{\Gamma}(\pi)$ is unknown in general, we are interested in its limit as $\Gamma$ is taken to be in a tower of lattices $\Gamma_1\supset \Gamma_2\supset\dots$. For a boun...

In this paper, we develop the fundamentals of Lie-Poisson theory for direct limits $G=\dirlim G_{n}$ of complex algebraic groups $G_{n}$ and their Lie algebras $\fg=\dirlim \fg_{n}$. We show that $\fg^{*}=\invlim\fg_{n}^{*}$ has the structure of a Poisson provariety and that each coadjoint orbit of $G$ on $\fg^{*}$ has the structure of an ind-variety. We construct a weak symplectic form on every coadjoint orbit and prove that the coadjoint orbits form a weak symplectic foliat...

There are some new developments on Plancherel formula and growth of matrix coefficients for unitary representations of nilpotent Lie groups. These have several consequences for the geometry of weakly symmetric spaces and analysis on parabolic subgroups of real semisimple Lie groups, and to (infinite dimensional) locally nilpotent Lie groups. Many of these consequences are still under development. In this note I'll survey a few of these new aspects of representation theory for...

In this paper, we study the Plancherel measure of a class of non-connected nilpotent groups which is of special interest in Gabor theory. Let $G$ be a time-frequency group. More precisely, that is $G=\left\langle T_{k},M_{l}:k\in\mathbb{Z}^{d},l\in B\mathbb{Z}^{d}\right\rangle ,$ $T_{k}$, $M_{l}$ are translations and modulations operators acting in $L^{2}(\mathbb{R}^{d}),$ and $B$ is a non-singular matrix. We compute the Plancherel measure of the left regular representation o...

Many infinite-dimensional Lie groups of interest can be expressed as a union of an ascending sequence of (finite- or infinite-dimensional) Lie groups. In this survey article, we compile general results concerning such ascending unions, describe the main classes of examples, and explain what the general theory tells us about these. In particular, we discuss: (1) Direct limit properties of ascending unions of Lie groups in the relevant categories; (2) Regularity in Milnor...

Let $G/K$ be a Riemannian symmetric space of noncompact type, and let $\nu_{a_j}$, $j=1,...,r$ be some orbital measures on $G$ (see the definition below). The aim of this paper is to study the $L^{2}$-regularity (resp. $C^k$-smoothness) of the Radon-Nikodym derivative of the convolution $\nu_{a_{1}}\ast...\ast\nu_{a_{r}}$ with respect to a fixed left Haar measure $\mu_G$ on $G$. As a consequence of a result of Ragozin, \cite{ragozin}, we prove that if $r \geq \, \max_{1\leq i...

Let $N$ be a connected and simply connected nilpotent Lie group, and let $K$ be a subgroup of the automorphism group of $N$. We say that the pair $(K,N)$ is a nilpotent Gelfand pair if $L^1_K(N)$ is an abelian algebra under convolution. In this document we establish a geometric model for the Gelfand spectra of nilpotent Gelfand pairs $(K,N)$ where the $K$-orbits in the center of $N$ have a one-parameter cross section and satisfy a certain non-degeneracy condition. More specif...

Let $N$ be a simply connected, connected nilpotent Lie group with the following assumptions. Its Lie Lie algebra $\mathfrak{n}$ is an $n$-dimensional vector space over the reals. Moreover, $\mathfrak{n=z}\oplus\mathfrak{b}\oplus\mathfrak{a}$, $\mathfrak{z}$ is the center of $\mathfrak{n}$, $\mathfrak{z} =\mathbb{R}Z_{n-2d}\oplus\mathbb{R}Z_{n-2d-1}\oplus\cdots\oplus \mathbb{R}Z_{1}, \mathfrak{b} =\mathbb{R}Y_{d}\oplus\mathbb{R} Y_{d-1}\oplus\cdots\oplus\mathbb{R}Y_{1}, \mathf...

Let $\Gamma$ be a non-commutative free group on finitely many generators. In a previous work two of the authors have constructed the class of multiplicative representations of $\Gamma$ and proved them irreducible as representation of $\Gamma\ltimes_\lambda C(\Omega)$. In this paper we analyze multiplicative representations as representations of $\Gamma$ and we prove a criterium for irreducibility based on the growth of their matrix coefficients.

Let G be a locally compact group L^p(G) be the usual L^p-space for 1 =< p =< infty and A(G) be the Fourier algebra of G. Our goal is to study, in a new abstract context, the completely bounded multipliers of A(G), which we denote M_{cb}A(G). We show that M_{cb}A(G) can be characterised as the ``invariant part'' of the space of (completely) bounded normal L^{infty}(G)-bimodule maps on B(L^2(G)), the space of bounded operator on L^2(G). In doing this we develop a function theor...