Metaplectic groups and Segal algebras (Q1801234)

The main task of this lecture notes is an intrinsic connection between Weil's metaplectic group and a certain Segal algebra. These notes can be regarded as an addition to the author's book ``Classical Harmonic Analysis and Locally compact Groups'' (1968; Zbl 0165.156). In these notes, the author gives first a rapid glance on harmonic analysis relative to group, closed subgroup and quotient group. It contains a good introduction to harmonic analysis. The main properties of the Segal algebra are briefly described in {\S}2. Segal algebra for general locally compact groups was introduced in \textit{H. Feichtinger}'s paper [Monatsh. Math. 92, 269-289 (1981; Zbl 0461.43003)]. Segal algebra treated in this book is only for locally compact abelian groups treated in a slightly different way from Feichtinger's and is suitable for applications to Weil's theory. Let \({\mathfrak S}^ 1(G)\) be the Segal algebra. Weil considers the space \({\mathcal S}(G)\) of Schwartz-Bruhat functions. It is shown here that \({\mathcal S}(G)\) is a rather small part of \({\mathfrak S}^ 1(G)\) (but dense!). In {\S}3, certain unitary operators in \(L^ 2(G)\) introduced by \textit{A. Weil} [Acta Math. 111, 143-211 (1964; Zbl 0203.033)] are discussed. These Weil operators induce automorphisms of the Banach space \({\mathfrak S}^ 1(G)\) are investigated for applications to metaplectic groups in later sections. It is important that Weil operators can be defined only if G and its dual are isomorphic. In {\S}4, various groups introduced by Weil are discussed. The main result linking Weil's theory to \({\mathfrak S}^ 1(G)\) is that operators of \({\mathcal B}(G)\), the space of unitary operators in \(L^ 2(G)\), induce automorphisms of the Banach space \({\mathfrak S}^ 1(G)\). {\S}5 and {\S}6 mention the vector spaces X of finite dimension over a local field K, and Weil's theory is then further developed in {\S}7 for additive group of a vector space X as above. Here the fundamental properties of harmonic analysis on X are briefly described, with references to the literature. The metaplectic group \(M_ p(X)\) in the local case is introduced in {\S}8. The elements of \(M_ p(X)\) define automorphisms of \({\mathfrak S}^ 1(X)\). The main result states that the representation of \(M_ p(X)\) in the Banach space \({\mathfrak S}^ 1(X)\) is continuous. Adele groups \(X_ A\) related to the main facts of harmonic analysis are outlined in {\S}9, with references. The Segal algebra \({\mathfrak S}^ 1(X_ A)\) is discussed. It is shown that, in the adelic case the metaplectic group has a continuous representation in a certain subspace \({\mathfrak S}_ 1(X_ A)\) of \({\mathfrak S}^ 1(X_ A)\). In the final section ({\S}10), Weil's theorem 6 [loc.cit.] is shown for functions in \({\mathfrak S}^ 1(X)\) in the local case, and for functions in \({\mathfrak S}_ 1(X_ A)\) is the adelic case, thus for a rather larger class of functions than those of Schwartz- Bruhat. Looking over this book the chain of proofs leading to the results in {\S}8-10 is rather difficult.