Airy functions over local fields (Q835673)

The authors describe a non-archimedean counterpart of the classical theory of Airy integrals. Let \(V\) be a finite-dimensional vector space over a non-archimedean local field \(K\), \(\psi\) be an nontrivial additive character on \(K\). If \(h: V\to K\) is a polynomial function, then the function \(y\mapsto \psi (h(y))\) is a bounded locally constant function from \(V\) to \(\mathbb C\). Denote by \(A_h\) its Fourier transform in the sense of the theory of Bruhat-Schwartz distributions. If the function \(h\) is such that \(A_h\) is locally integrable and has at most polynomial growth, then \(A_h\) is called an Airy function. The authors find some classes of Airy functions. In particular, if \(\dim V=1\) and \(\text{char}\, K=0\), then any polynomial \(h\) with \(\deg h\geq 2\) generates an Airy function. They also give an example of a polynomial on a \(p\)-adic Lie algebra invariant with respect to the corresponding Lie group, which generates an Airy function. The group employed in this example is a \(p\)-adic analog of \(\text{SO}(3)\); its construction uses \(p\)-adic quaternions.