Hecke-Bochner identity and eigenfunctions associated to Gelfand pairs on the Heisenberg group (Q746913)

Let \(\mathbb{H}^n\) be the \((2n+1)\)-dimensional Heisenberg group. This paper is concerned with two fundamental problems in harmonic analysis on the Heisenberg group \(\mathbb{H}^n\). The first one is the Hecke-Bochner identity and the second one is a characterization of joint eigenfunctions for a certain family of invariant differential operators on \(\mathbb{H}^n\). Let \(K\) be a compact subgroup of \(U(n)\), such that \((K, \mathbb{H}^n)\) is a Gelfand pair. Also assume that the \(K\)-action on \(\mathbb{C}^n\) is polar. The author proves a Hecke-Bochner identity associated to the Gelfand pair \((K, \mathbb{H}^n)\). Using this general Hecke-Bochner identity, the author also characterizes (under some conditions) joint eigenfuntions of all differential operators on \(\mathbb{H}^n\) that are invariant under the action of \(K\) and the left action of \(\mathbb{H}^n\).