Invariant differential operators on H-type groups and discrete components in restrictions of complementary series of rank one semisimple groups (Q254242)

Let \(G\) be a rank one semisimple Lie group, and let \(G_1\) be a rank one closed subgroup of \(G\). Let \(N\) and \(N_1\) be the minimal parabolics in \(G\) and \(G_1\), respectively. The paper under review explicitly constructs a finite number of discrete components in the restriction of complementary series of \(G\) to \(G_1\). These components are known earlier in a preprint of \textit{B. Speh} and \textit{G. Zhang} [Math. Z. 283, No. 1--2, 629--647 (2016; Zbl 1341.22012)]. To achieve these explicit constructions, the authors use the realizations of complementary series representations of \(G\) and \(G_1\) on Sobolev-type spaces on \(N\) and \(N_1\), and they construct invariant differential operators between \(N\) and \(N_1\), which are \(H\)-type groups. Actually, their construction of invariant differential operators is carried out uniformly for \(H\)-type groups.