On Howe's duality theorem (Q1123995)

Let \(\tilde Sp(W)\) be the metaplectic group, the connected two fold covering group of a symplectic group \(Sp(W)\) and \(\omega\) the oscillator representation of \~Sp(W). For any reductive Lie group \(E\subset Sp(W)\) let \(\tilde E\) denote the preimage of E in \(\tilde Sp(W)\) and \(R(\tilde E,\omega)\) the set of infinitesimal equivalence classes of irreducible admissible representations of \(\tilde E\) realized as quotients by \(\omega^{\infty}(\tilde E)\)-invariant closed subspace of the smooth representation \(\omega^{\infty}\) of \(\omega\). Let G, \(G'\) be a reductive dual pair for \(Sp(W)\). According to Howe's duality correspondence, for each \(\pi\in R(\tilde G,\omega)\) there exists a unique \(\pi'\in R(\tilde G',\omega)\) such that \(\pi\) \({\check \otimes}\pi'\in R(\tilde G\cdot \tilde G',\omega)\). Let ( )\(^ h\) denote the operator of taking the hermitian dual of a representation. Then, by showing the symmetricity of the graph: \(R(\tilde G\cdot \tilde G',\omega)^ h=R(\tilde G\cdot \tilde G',\omega)\), the author proves that \(\pi\) is hermitian if and only if \(\pi'\) is hermitian. The proof depends on the Langlands-Vogan classification of the irreducible admissible representations to such pair, although Howe's duality theorem is purely algebraic