Sharp Fourier type and cotype with respect to compact semisimple Lie groups

Sharp Fourier type and cotype of Lebesgue spaces and Schatten classes with respect to an arbitrary compact semisimple Lie group are investigated. In the process, a local variant of the Hausdorff-Young inequality on such groups is given.

     

Fourier type 2 operators with respect to locally compact abelian groups

A linear and bounded operator T between Banach spaces X and Y has Fourier type 2 with respect to a locally compact abelian group G if there exists a constant c > 0 such that∥T ∥₂ ≤ c∥f∥₂ holds for all X‐valued functions f ∈ L^X₂(G) where is the Fourier transform of f. We show that any Fourier type 2 operator with respect to the classical groups has Fourier type 2 with respect to any locally compact abelian group. This generalizes previous special results for the Cantor group and for closed subgroups of ?ⁿ. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Paley Type Inequalities for Orthogonal Series with Vector-Valued Coefficients

We investigate the extension to Banach-space-valued functions of the classical inequalities due to Paley for the Fourier coefficients with respect to a general orthonormal system Φ. This leads us to introduce the notions of Paley Φ-type and Φ-cotype for a Banach space and some related concepts. We study the relations between these notions of type and cotype and those previously defined. We also analyze how the interpolation spaces inherit these characteristics from the original spaces, and use them to obtain sharp coefficient estimates for functions taking values in Lorentz spaces.     

Lacunary Sets and Function Spaces with Finite Cotype

We investigate translation invariant subspaces of the space of uniformly convergent Fourier series and Orlicz spaces, with finite cotype. In the case of Orlicz spaces, this leads to some new characterizations of p-Rider sets.     

On the lower central series of the free nilpotent groups of finite rank

In their article, “On the derived subgroup of the free nilpotent groups of finite rank” R. D. Blyth, P. Moravec, and R. F. Morse describe the structure of the derived subgroup of a free nilpotent group of finite rank n as a direct product of a nonabelian group and a free abelian group, each with a minimal generating set of cardinality that is a given function of n. They apply this result to computing the nonabelian tensor squares of the free nilpotent groups of finite rank. We generalize their main result to investigate the structure of the other terms of the lower central series of a free nilpotent group of finite rank, each again described as a direct product of a nonabelian group and a free abelian group. In order to compute the ranks of the free abelian components and the size of minimal generating sets for the nonabelian components we introduce what we call weight partitions.     

The role of restriction theorems in harmonic analysis on harmonic NA groups

We shall obtain inequalities for Fourier transform via moduli of continuity on NA groups. These results in particular settle the conjecture posed in a recent paper by W.O. Bray and M. Pinsky in the context of noncompact rank one symmetric spaces. These problems naturally demand versions of Fourier restriction theorem on these spaces which we shall prove. We shall also elaborate on the connection between the restriction theorem and the Kunze-Stein phenomena on NA groups. For noncompact Riemannian symmetric spaces of rank one analogues of all the results follow the same way.     

Duality of Fourier type with respect to locally compact Abelian groups

It is shown that a Banach space X has Fourier type p with respect to a locally compact abelian group G if and only if the dual space X′ has Fourier type p with respect to G if and only if X has Fourier type p with respect to the dual group of G. This extends previously known results for the classical groups and the Cantor group to the setting of general locally compact abelian groups. Supported by DFG grant Hi 584/2-2. Partially supported by a DAAD-grant A/02/46571.     

Scattering theory for the Laplacian on symmetric spaces of noncompact type and its application to a conjecture of Strichartz

In this paper we develop the scattering theory for the Laplacian on symmetric spaces of noncompact type. We study the asymptotic properties of the resolvent in the framework of the Agmon–Hörmander space. Our approach is based on a detailed analysis of the Helgason Fourier transform and generalized spherical functions on symmetric spaces of noncompact type. As an application of our scattering theory, we prove a conjecture by Strichartz concerning a characterization of a family of generalized eigenfunctions of the Laplacian.     

On R*-sequenceability and symmetric harmoniousness of groups

We introduce a special harmoniousness called symmetric harmoniousness of groups and extend the R^*-sequenceability of abelian groups to nonabelian groups. We prove that the direct product of an R^*-sequenceable group of even order with a symmetric harmonious group of odd order is R^*-sequenceable. Examples of nonabelian R^*-sequenceable groups and nonabelian symmetric harmonious groups are given. It is shown that the nonabelian groups of order 3q (q prime) are symmetric harmonious. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Vector-valued Hausdorff-Young inequality on compact groups

The main purpose of this paper is to study the validity of theHausdorff–Young inequality for vector-valued functionsdefined on a non-commutative compact group. As we explain inthe introduction, the natural context for this research is thatof operator spaces. This leads us to formulate a whole new theoryof Fourier type and cotype for the category of operator spaces.The present paper is the first step in this program, where thebasic theory is presented, the main examples are analyzed andsome important questions are posed. 2000 Mathematics SubjectClassification 43A77, 46L07.     

Uncertainty principles of Ingham and Paley–Wiener on semisimple Lie groups

Classical results due to Ingham and Paley–Wiener characterize the existence of nonzero functions supported on certain subsets of the real line in terms of the pointwise decay of the Fourier transforms. Viewing these results as uncertainty principles for Fourier transforms, we prove certain analogues of these results on connected, noncompact, semisimple Lie groups with finite center. We also use these results to show a unique continuation property of solutions to the initial value problem for time-dependent Schrödinger equations on Riemmanian symmetric spaces of noncompact type.     

Some Properties of Boundaries of Symmetric Spaces of Rank One

M. Cowling, A. H. Dooley, A. Korányi and F. Ricci used groups of Heisenberg type in order to study the symmetric spaces of rank one of noncompact type in a unified manner. This paper extends this work by using the same formulation to investigate the boundaries of these spaces. In particular, we prove a conjecture of Korányi concerning metrics on the boundary and demonstrate that the classical Cayley transform extends to a 1-quasiconformal map of the boundary.     

Quasivarieties generated by partially commutative groups

We prove that a partially commutative metabelian group is a subgroup in a direct product of torsion-free abelian groups and metabelian products of torsion-free abelian groups. From this we deduce that all partially commutative metabelian (nonabelian) groups generate the same quasivariety and prevariety. On the contrary, there exists an infinite chain of different quasivarieties generated by partially commutative groups with defining graphs of diameter 2.     

Hardy-Hausdorff spaces on the Heisenberg group

In this paper, by using the tent spaces on the Siegel upper half space, which are defined in terms of Choquet integrals with respect to Hausdorff capacity on the Heisenberg group, the Hardy-Hausdorff spaces on the Heisenberg group are introduced. Then, by applying the properties of the tent spaces on the Siegel upper half space and the Sobolev type spaces on the Heisenberg group, the atomic decomposition of the Hardy-Hausdorff spaces is obtained. Finally, we prove that the predual spaces of Q spaces on the Heisenberg group are the Hardy-Hausdorff spaces.     

The Fourier Transform of Functions Satisfying the Lipschitz Condition on Rank 1 Symmetric Spaces

We prove an analog of the classical Titchmarsh theorem on the image under the Fourier transform of a set of functions satisfying the Lipschitz condition in L² for functions on noncompact rank 1 Riemannian symmetric spaces.     

Maximal abelian and minimal nonabelian subgroups of some finite two-generator p-groups especially metacyclic

We study the subgroup structure of some two-generator p-groups and apply the obtained results to metacyclic p-groups. For metacyclic p-groups G, p > 2, we do the following: (a) compute the number of nonabelian subgroups with given derived subgroup, show that (ii) minimal nonabelian subgroups have equal order, (c) maximal abelian subgroups have equal order, (d) every maximal abelian subgroup is contained in a minimal nonabelian subgroup and all maximal subgroups of any minimal nonabelian subgroup are maximal abelian in G. We prove the same results for metacyclic 2-groups (e) with abelian subgroup of index p, (f) without epimorphic image ? D₈. The metacyclic p-groups containing (g) a minimal nonabelian subgroup of order p ⁴, (h) a maximal abelian subgroup of order p ³ are classified. We also classify the metacyclic p-groups, p > 2, all of whose minimal nonabelian subgroups have equal exponent. It appears that, with few exceptions, a metacyclic p-group has a chief series all of whose members are characteristic.     

The Pompeiu problem and discrete groups

We formulate a version of the Pompeiu problem in the discrete group setting. Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for a finite collection of finite subsets of a discrete abelian group, whose torsion free rank is less than the cardinal of the continuum, to have the Pompeiu property. We also prove a similar result for nonabelian free groups. A sufficient condition is given that guarantees the harmonicity of a function on a nonabelian free group if it satisfies the mean-value property over two spheres.     

On boundary value problems for some conformally invariant differential operators

We study boundary value problems for some differential operators on Euclidean space and the Heisenberg group which are invariant under the conformal group of a Euclidean subspace, respectively, Heisenberg subgroup. These operators are shown to be self-adjoint in certain Sobolev type spaces and the related boundary value problems are proven to have unique solutions in these spaces. We further find the corresponding Poisson transforms explicitly in terms of their integral kernels and show that they are isometric between Sobolev spaces and extend to bounded operators between certain L^p-spaces.

The conformal invariance of the differential operators allows us to apply unitary representation theory of reductive Lie groups, in particular recently developed methods for restriction problems.