Stepwise square integrable representations of nilpotent Lie groups (Q378835)

The author studies conditions for a nilpotent Lie group to be foliated into subgroups that have square integrable (relative discrete series) unitary representations, that fit together to form a filtration by normal subgroups. This filtration is used to construct a class of ``stepwise square integrable'' representations on which Plancherel measure is concentrated and an explicit Plancherel formula, by means of the character formulae, is given for these stepwise square integrable representations. Finally, multiplicity formulae for compact quotients \(N/\Gamma\) (where \(\Gamma\) respects the filtration) are developed.