\(r\)-harmonic and complex isoparametric functions on the Lie groups \(\mathbb{R}^m\ltimes\mathbb{R}^n\) and \(\mathbb{R}^m\times\text{H}^{2n+1}\) (Q2212344)

This article introduces the notion of complex isoparametric functions on Riemannian manifolds with a main goal to devise a general method for constructing proper \(r\)-harmonic functions. This is further used to construct an explicit proper \(r\)-harmonic functions on the Lie group semidirect products \({\mathbb R}^m\times {\mathbb R}^n\) and \({\mathbb R}^m\times H^{2n+1}\) where \(H^{2n+1}\) stands for the classical \((2n + 1)\)-dimensional Heisenberg group.