Function spaces on complex semigroups (Q4942222)

The paper under review is a survey of recent results on Hilbert spaces of holomorphic functions on complex semigroups which are invariant under certain group actions. The complex semigroups under consideration are of the form \(S = G \exp(iW)\), where \(G\) is a real form of a complex Lie group \(G_\mathbb C\) and \(W\) is a pointed generating closed convex cone in the Lie algebra \({\mathbf g}\) of \(G\) which is invariant under the adjoint action. In the first section reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces of holomorphic functions are discussed, and it is described how the invariance of the space under a group \(G\) can be described. Section II contains the main facts on invariant cones in simple hermitian Lie algebras and the corresponding complex semigroups. Section III deals with analytic extensions of unitary representations of \(G\) to holomorphic contraction representations of \(S\), whereas Section IV contains the main facts on the specific case of the Hardy space of the semigroup \(S\), its decomposition into irreducible representations, and the construction of the Poisson kernel of \(S\). The example of the complex subsemigroup of \(SL(2,\mathbb C)\) is discussed in some detail in Section V. The last Section VI eventually builds the bridge to Hilbert spaces of holomorphic functions on bounded symmetric domains, and the semigroup actions on these spaces, coming from the fact that the semigroup \(S\) acts by compressions on the domain. This survey is very well readable and hence very well suited for graduate students to get an impression of the crucial ideas and constructions in the subject. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0931.00020].