An analogue of the spectral projection for homogeneous trees (Q372595)

If \(X=G/K\) is a Riemannian symmetric space, the spectral projection is defined as the convolution operator by the zonal spherical function acting on functions on \(X\). The image of \(C_c^\infty(X)\) under this projection was characterized in rank one by \textit{W. Bray} in [J. Funct. Anal. 135, No. 1, 206--232 (1996; Zbl 0848.43009)] in connection with the Paley-Wiener theorem for the Helgason-Fourier transform. The paper under review provides and analogous study in the case of a homogeneous tree \(\mathfrak{X}\). The spectral projection is defined as the convolution operator by the zonal spherical function on \(\mathfrak{X}\), as described for instance in [\textit{M. Cowling} and \textit{A. Setti}, Bull. Aust. Math. Soc. 59, No. 2, 237--246 (1999; Zbl 0929.43004)]. The author gives a characterization of the image of \(C_c(\mathfrak{X})\) along the same lines as the one of Bray [loc. cit.] in the Lie case. As an application, he obtains a new and simple proof of the Paley-Wiener theorem for the Helgason-Fourier transform on \(\mathfrak{X}\) established by Cowling and Setti [loc. cit.].