Characteristic functions of semigroups in semi-simple Lie groups (Q2317891)

Let \(G\) be a noncompact connected (real or complex) semisimple Lie group with finite center and \(S\subset G\) a semigroup with nonempty interior. In the paper under review, the authors study the convergence of the Helgason-Laplace spherical transform of \(S\), that is, integrals over \(S\) of the type \(I_S(\lambda, u)=\int_Se^{\lambda (a(g,u))}dg\), where \(dg\) is the Haar measure of \(G\). For the integrand one uses an Iwasawa decomposition \(G=KAN\) with \(\mathfrak{a}\) the Lie algebra of \(A\), and \(\lambda\in\mathfrak{a}^\ast\), \(u\in K\). The objective of the paper is to find the set of pairs \((\lambda,u)\) for which the integral converges. The domain of convergence is given in terms of a flag manifold of \(G\) called the flag type of \(S\).