Laplacians on spheres

Abstract Spheres can be written as homogeneous spaces G / H for compact Lie groups in a small number of ways. In each case, the decomposition of $$L^2(G/H)$$...

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Main Authors: Schlichtkrull, Henrik, Trapa, Peter E, Vogan, David A
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131472
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Summary:Abstract Spheres can be written as homogeneous spaces G / H for compact Lie groups in a small number of ways. In each case, the decomposition of $$L^2(G/H)$$ L 2 ( G / H ) into irreducible representations of G contains interesting information. We recall these decompositions, and see what they can reveal about the analogous problem for noncompact real forms of G and H.