Twisted trace Paley–Wiener theorems for special and general linear groups (Q4463569)

For a connected real reductive group \(G\), the Fourier transform of a smooth compactly supported function \(f\) is the integration against the unitary representation \(\pi\) of \(G\) induced from the discrete series or limits of discrete series of the group \(G\). A well known result of Harish Chandra is that this integral, namely \(\pi(f)=\int_G\pi(x)f(x)dx\), is of trace class and the trace \((\pi(f))\) is the character of the representation \(\pi\). \textit{L. Clozel} and \textit{P. Delorme} [Invent. Math. 77, 427--453 (1984; Zbl 0584.22005); Ann. Sci. Éc. Norm. Supér. (4) 23, 193--228 (1990; Zbl 0724.22012)] have characterized the image of the transform \(\pi\to tr (\pi(f))\) for \(K\)-finite \(f\in C_c^\infty (G)\) known as the trace Paley Wiener theorem for \(G\). This idea is further generalized by considering an automorphism of finite order of \(G\) and a representation \(\pi\) induced from the discrete series or the limits of the discrete series of the group \(G \rtimes\langle \sigma\rangle\) and the transform \[ \pi\to tr\Bigl(\int_G \pi(x)f(x) dx\pi(\sigma) \Bigr)=tr\bigl(\pi(f) \pi(\sigma) \bigr). \] The characterization of the image of this transform on the space of smooth compactly supported functions which are finite under the action of a maximal compact subgroup is called the twisted trace Paley Wiener theorem for \(G\). In this interesting and well written paper, Paul Mezo proves the twisted trace Paley Wiener theorem for \(G\) when \(G=SL (n,R)\), \(SL^\pm(n,R)\) and \(GL(n,R)\). The paper concludes with an application needed for the twisted invariant Arthur-Selberg trace formula.