Conformally invariant differential operators on Heisenberg groups and $L^2$-models for minimal representations Jan Frahm, Aarhus University Host: Roger Zierau
Abstract: On Euclidean space, the Fourier transform intertwines partial derivatives and coordinate multiplications. As a consequence, solutions to a constant coefficient PDE $p(D)u=0$ are mapped to distributions supported on the variety $\{p(x)=0\}$. In the context of unitary representation theory of semisimple Lie groups, so-called minimal representations are often realized on Hilbert spaces of solutions to systems of constant coefficient PDEs whose inner product is difficult to describe (the non-compact picture of a degenerate principal series). The Euclidean Fourier transform provides a new realization on a space of distributions supported on a variety where the invariant inner product is simply an $L^2$-inner product on the variety.
Recently, similar systems of differential operators have been constructed on Heisenberg groups by Barchini, Kable and Zierau. In this talk I will explain how to use the Heisenberg group Fourier transform to obtain a similar picture in this context.
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