Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2-251, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Abstract:
Let be a connected real semisimple Lie group with finite center, and a maximal compact subgroup of . Let be an irreducible unitary representation of , and the associated vector bundle. In the algebra of invariant differential operators on the center of the universal enveloping algebra of induces a certain commutative subalgebra . We are able to determine the characters of . Given such a character we define a Poisson transform from certain principal series representations to the corresponding space of joint eigensections. We prove that for most of the characters this map is a bijection, generalizing a famous conjecture by Helgason which corresponds to the trivial representation.