Inversion of Rankin-Cohen operators via holographic transform (Q2027763)

Let \(G'\) be a subgroup of a group \(G\). An irreducible representation \(\pi\) of \(G\) on a vector space \(V\) is also a representation of \(G'\) by restriction. For each irreducible representation \((\rho,W)\) of \(G'\), one can associate a continuous linear map \(V\rightarrow W\), intertwining \(\pi_{\mid_{G'}}\) and \(\rho\), known as a \textit{symmetry breaking operator}. More generally, one can consider a family of symmetry breaking operators \(\{R_\ell\}_{\ell\in\Lambda}\): \[R_{\ell}:V\rightarrow W_\ell\] associated with a family of \(G'\)-representations \(\{(\rho_\ell,W_\ell)\}_{\ell\in\Lambda}\). The paper under review addresses the following two problems. \textbf{Problem A:} Can one recover an element \(v\) of \(V\) from its symmetry breaking transform \(R(v)=\{R_\ell(v)\}_{\ell\in\Lambda}\) ? \textbf{Problem B:} Find a closed formula for the norm of an element \(v\) in \(V\) in terms of its symmetry breaking transform \(\{R_\ell(v)\}_{\ell\in\Lambda}\) ? The strategy is based on the \textit{F-method} developed by the authors. It deals with the Fourier transform of geometric realizations of representations and involves certain families \(\{ P_\ell\}\) of polynomials. Problems A and B are considered in the particular cases of Rankin-Cohen transform and holomorphic Juhl transform, where the polynomials \(P_\ell\)'s coincide with Jacobi polynomials and Gegenbauer polynomials. The paper offers a thorough study of symmetry breaking operators leading to a precise relationship between special polynomials and branching rules for infinite-dimension representations of real reductive groups. Several examples and tables are provided to illustrate the issues and the various results.