Invariant differential operators on Hermitian symmetric spaces (Q2639085)

Let G be a connected noncompact semisimple Lie group with finite center and K a maximal compact subgroup of G. The author studies the ring of invariant differential operators on the Hermitian symmetric space G/K. More precisely he considers the ring \({\mathcal D}(\rho)\) of left-invariant differential operators attached to a one-dimensional representation \(\rho\). The complexification \({\mathfrak g}\) of the Lie algebra of G has abelian subalgebras \(\wp_+\) and \(\wp_ -\). Each irreducible constituent Z of the space of complex valued homogeneous polynomial functions of degree r on \(\wp_+\) gives rise to an element \({\mathcal L}_ Z\in {\mathcal D}(\rho)\). Moreover \((-1)^ r {\mathcal L}_ Z\) is symmetric and nonnegative with respect to a Hermitian inner product. There exists a canonically defined set of generators of the polynomial ring \({\mathcal D}(\rho)\). Moreover the nonnegativity leads to various inequalities for the eigenvalues of the generators on a common eigenfunction.