Localization of spherical harmonic expansions (Q796029)

Let X be a compact two-point homogeneous space (sphere or projective space) with Laplace-Beltrami operator \(\Delta\). Every distribution \(\psi\) on X has an expansion \((1)\quad \sum^{\infty}_{n=0}Y_ n(\psi:x)\) in terms of eigenfunctions of \(\Delta\), called the spherical harmonic expansion of \(\psi\). Here the term \(Y_ n\) corresponds to the n-th distinct eigenvalue of -\(\Delta\), arranged in increasing order. In this paper the following extension of the localization theorem for pseudofunctions on the circle is proved. Let \(\psi\) be a distribution on X and U an open subset of X which is disjoint from the support of \(\psi\). For each point \(x\in U\), the series (1) converges to zero if and only if \(Y_ N(\psi:x)\to 0\) as \(N\to \infty\). - This has applications to understanding localization theorems for Sobolev spaces on X.