Scalar irreducibility of eigenspaces of the tangent space of a reductive symmetric space (Q1096192)

Let G/H be a reductive symmetric space with tangent space \(X_ 0\) at eH and let \(G_ 0\) be the group of transformations of \(X_ 0\) generated by the translations and the natural action of H on \(X_ 0\). In this paper it is shown that any joint eigenspace of the \(G_ 0\)-invariant differential operators in \(X_ 0\) is scalarly irreducible under the action of \(G_ 0\). This holds in particular for a Riemannian symmetric space of the non-compact type (equivalent to the case that G is semisimple and H compact), where \(G_ 0\) is the so-called Cartan motion group.