Paley-Wiener theorems for the \({\Theta}\)-spherical transform: an overview (Q1876555)

This carefully written survey introduces the reader to the theory of the \(\Theta\)-spherical transform. This theory provides a unified approach to several generalizations of harmonic analysis on Riemannian symmetric spaces such as the Heckman-Opdam theory and harmonic analysis on noncompactly causal symmetric spaces. As in Heckman and Opdam's theory, the \(\Theta\)-spherical transform is defined in terms of a Euclidean space \(\mathbf a\), a root system \(\Sigma\) on \({\mathbf a}^*\) and a multiplicity function \(m: \Sigma\to \mathbb C\) but it depends also on a subset \(\Theta\) of the set \(\Pi\) of positive simple roots of \(\Sigma\). The authors focus on the presentation of Paley-Wiener type theorems, that is, on the description of the image, under the transform, of compactly supported functions. After an overview of results for Riemannian symmetric spaces, for the Opdam transform and for the spherical Fourier-Laplace transform on noncompactly causal symmetric spaces, the authors outline a proof of the Paley-Wiener theorem for the \(\Theta\)-spherical transform with even multiplicity function \(m: \Sigma\to 2{\mathbb N}_0\) when \(\Sigma\) is of type \(A_n\) and \(| \Pi| -| \Theta| \leq1\). The relevance of this particular case is motivated through an analysis of \(K_\varepsilon\) symmetric spaces with even multiplicity function. For further results and details the reader is referred to an appropriate bibliography.