From the \(L^ 1\) norms of the complex heat kernels to a Hörmander multiplier theorem for sub-Laplacians on nilpotent Lie groups (Q1814766)

This paper aims to prove a Hörmander multiplier theorem for sub-Laplacians on nilpotent Lie groups. We investigate the holomorphic functional calculus of the sub-Laplacians, then we link the \(L^1\) norm of the complex time heat kernels with the order of differentiability needed in the Hörmander multiplier theorem. As applications, we show that order \(d/2+1\) suffices for homogeneous nilpotent groups of homogeneous dimension \(d\), while for generalized Heisenberg groups with underlying space \(\mathbb{R}^{2n+k}\) and homogeneous dimension \(2n+ 2k\), we show that order \(n+ (k+ 5)/2\) for \(k\) odd and \(n+ 3+ k/2\) for \(k\) even is enough; this is strictly less than half of the homogeneous dimension when \(k\) is sufficiently large.