The expressions of the Harish-Chandra \(C\)-functions of semisimple Lie groups \(\text{Spin}(n,1)\), \(\text{SU}(n,1)\) (Q1964225)

We give the recursion formula of the Harish-Chandra \(C\)-function with respect to the highest weight of the representations of \(K\). Using this formula, we get the explicit expressions of the Harish-Chandra \(C\)-functions for \(\text{Spin}(n,1)\) and \(\text{SU}(n,1)\). As an application, by using these expressions, we get the realizations of discrete series representations of \(\text{SU}(n,1)\) as subquotients of nonunitary principal series representations. We also get the decompositions of holomorphic and antiholomorphic discrete series when restricted to \(U(n-1,1)\). By using the structures of \(K\)-spectra of discrete series, we can concretely construct the invariant subspaces of the representation spaces of holomorphic and antiholomorphic discrete series.