Analysis on flat symmetric spaces (Q2581336)

Let \(G/K\) be a semisimple noncompact symmetric space, where \(G\) is a connected noncompact semisimple Lie group with finite center, and \(K\) is a maximal compact subgroup. Let \(\mathfrak g=\mathfrak k\oplus\mathfrak p\) be the corresponding Cartan decomposition of the Lie algebra \(\mathfrak g\) of \(G\), \(\mathfrak k\) being the Lie algebra of \(K\), and \(\mathfrak p\) the orthogonal complement of \(\mathfrak k\) in \(\mathfrak g\) with respect to the Killing form of \(\mathfrak g\). The tangent space at the origin of \(G/K\) can be identified with the flat symmetric space \(G_0/K\), where \(G_0=K\ltimes\mathfrak p\). By taking an appropriate zero-curvature limit, the authors obtain the spherical functions on flat symmetric spaces \(G_0/K\) as limit of the Harish-Chandra's spherical functions. New and explicit formulas for the spherical functions on \(G_0/K\) are given. For symmetric spaces with root system of type \(A_n\), they find the Taylor expansion of the spherical functions on \(G_0/K\) in a series of the Jack polynomials.