On the complex geometry of invariant domains in complexified symmetric spaces (Q1288633)

Let \((G,\tau)\) be a compact symmetric group. Let \(G^\tau\) denote the group of \(\tau\)-fixed points, \(M:=G/G^\tau\) is a compact symmetric space. Consider the universal complexification \(G_C\) of \(G\). Let \(M_C:=G_C/(G_C)^\tau\), that is a complex symmetric space, \(M\subset M_C\) (natural embedding). Let \(g=h+q\) denote the \(\tau\)-eigenspace decomposition of the Lie algebra \(g\) of \(G\), where \(h\) is the 1-eigenspace and \(q\) is the -1-eigenspace. Further, \(a\subset iq\) is a maximal subspace. \(M_C=G.Exp(iq)=G.Exp(a)\), and a \(G\)-invariant function on \(M_C\) is determined by its values on \(Exp(iq)\), resp. \(Exp(a)\), and likewise a \(G\)-invariant domain \(D\subset M_C\) is determined by a corresponding \(G^\tau\)-invariant domain \(D_q\subset iq\) with \(D=G.Exp(D_q)\). \textit{H. Azad} and \textit{J. Loeb} [Indag. Math., New Ser. 3, 365-375 (1992; Zbl 0777.32008)] gave a characterization of the \(G\)-invariant plurisubharmonic functions on \(D\) as those corresponding to Weyl group invariant convex functions on \(D_q\cap a\). Moreover, they obtained a description of the envelopes holomorphy of invariant domains which previously have been derived by \textit{M. Lassalle} [Ann. Sci. Éc. Norm. Supér., IV. Sér. 11, 167-210 (1978; Zbl 0452.43011)]. In the paper under review these results concerning the complexifications of compact symmetric spaces are extended to an appropriate class of non-compact symmetric spaces naturally arising in representation theory and in the geometry of causal symmetric spaces.