Harish-Chandra c-function
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The Harish-Chandra c-function is a key analytic function in representation theory and harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups, encoding the Plancherel measure and asymptotic behavior of spherical functions.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
analytic function
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object in representation theory ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Harish-Chandra Plancherel formula
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Harish-Chandra’s work on the Plancherel formula ⓘ harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups and symmetric spaces literature ⓘ inversion formula for the spherical Fourier transform ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cartan decomposition of a semisimple Lie group
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Iwasawa decomposition of a semisimple Lie group NERFINISHED ⓘ minimal parabolic subgroup ⓘ principal series representations ⓘ |
| dependsOn |
multiplicities of restricted roots
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root system of the Lie algebra ⓘ |
| domain | complexified dual of a Cartan subalgebra ⓘ |
| encodes |
Plancherel measure for semisimple Lie groups
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asymptotic behavior of spherical functions ⓘ |
| field |
harmonic analysis
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representation theory ⓘ theory of semisimple Lie groups ⓘ |
| generalizationOf | Gamma function factors in rank-one cases ⓘ |
| hasRankOneForm | ratio of Gamma functions ⓘ |
| influenced | later developments in non-compact harmonic analysis ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Harish-Chandra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| property |
Weyl group invariant up to explicit factors
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meromorphic in the spectral parameter ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Harish-Chandra isomorphism
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Plancherel theorem for semisimple Lie groups NERFINISHED ⓘ c-function of Heckman–Opdam theory ⓘ spherical Fourier transform ⓘ spherical functions ⓘ zonal spherical functions ⓘ |
| role |
density factor in the Plancherel measure
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normalizing factor for intertwining operators ⓘ normalizing factor for spherical functions ⓘ |
| satisfies | functional equations under Weyl group action ⓘ |
| specialCaseOf | Gindikin–Karpelevich c-function in p-adic theory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
decomposition of the regular representation
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harmonic analysis on Riemannian symmetric spaces ⓘ harmonic analysis on real reductive groups ⓘ spectral decomposition of L^2(G/K) ⓘ |
| usedToCompute | L^2-norms of spherical functions ⓘ |
| usedToDefine | Plancherel density on the unitary dual ⓘ |
| usedToStudy |
tempered representations of semisimple Lie groups
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unitary principal series ⓘ |
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