Stone's theorem for strongly continuous groups of isometries in Hardy spaces (Q1074095)

For \(1<p<\infty\), \(p\neq 2\), it is well known that a strongly continuous, 1-parameter group of isometries in the Hardy space \(H^ p({\mathbb{D}})\) does not satisfy the classical Stone theorem, that is, there is no \(\sigma\)- additive spectral measure on the Borel sets of the real line whose Fourier-Stieltjes transform is the given group. One approach to overcome this difficulty was suggested recently by \textit{E. Berkson} [J. Funct. Anal. 60, 146-167 (1985; Zbl 0554.47021)] and is based on aspects of the theory of well-bounded operators as developed by \textit{H. Benzinger, E. Berkson} and \textit{T. A. Gilespie} in Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 275, 431-475 (1983; Zbl 0509.47028). In the present paper an alternative approach is suggested. If we relax the topology of \(H^ p({\mathbb{D}})\) by imbedding it into some larger space, then it is shown, for the case of \(1<p<2\), that any such group does satisfy Stone's theorem when considered as acting in some appropriate larger space. The situation for \(2<p<\infty\) is more complicated. If the group of isometries is of elliptic type, then it again satisfies Stone's theorem in a suitable larger space. However, for parabolic groups the situation is fundamentally different: such a group can never be interpreted as a Fourier-Stieltjes transform in any space containing \(H^ p({\mathbb{D}})\).