Poisson transformation for one-sheeted hyperboloids (Q4658307)

Let the space \({\mathbb R}^n\) be equipped with a bilinear form \([x,y]\) of the Lorentz signature \([x,y]=-x_1y_1+x_2y_2+\ldots+x_ny_n\). The hyperboloid \(X\) defined by the equation \([x,x]=1\) is a homogeneous space \(G/H\), where \(G=\text{{SO}}_0(1,n-1)\), \(H=\text{{SO}}_0(1,n-2)\). Let \(S\) be the set of points \(s=(1,s_2,\ldots,s_n)\), such that \(s_2^2+\ldots+s_n^2=1\). It is the unit sphere in \({\mathbb R}^{n-1}\). Introduce on \(X\) polar coordinates \(t,s\) by \(x=(\sinh t, \cosh t\cdot s_2,\ldots,\cosh t\cdot s_n)\). The union \(S\cup -S\) can be considered as the boundary of \(X\). Let \(\sigma\in{\mathbb C}\), \(\varepsilon=0,1\). The Poisson transform \(P_{\sigma,\varepsilon}\) maps \(C^\infty(S)\) into \(C^\infty(X)\) by the formula \[ (P_{\sigma,\varepsilon}\varphi)(x)= \int_S[x,s]^{\sigma,\varepsilon}\varphi(s)\,ds, \] where \(ds\) is the Euclidean measure on \(S\) and the notation \(a^{\sigma,\varepsilon}=| a| ^{\sigma}\text{{sgn}}^{\varepsilon}a\) is used. The main result of the paper under review consists of explicit expressions of the asymptotics of the Poisson transform \(P_{\sigma,\varepsilon}\varphi\) for arbitrary (not only \(K\)-finite) functions \(\varphi\in C^\infty(S)\) and generic \(\sigma\) when \(t\to \infty\). Moreover, the author describes the structure of the eigensubspaces in \(C^\infty(X)\) of the Laplace-Beltrami operator, corresponding representations of \(G\) and, finally, the kernel and the closure of the range of the Poisson transform.