Corwin-Greenleaf multiplicity function for compact extensions of the Heisenberg group

Abstract: Let

m a t h b b H_{n}

be the

(2 n + 1)

-dimensional Heisenberg group and

K

a closed subgroup of

U (n)

acting on

m a t h b b H_{n}

by automorphisms such that

(K, m a t h b b H_{n})

is a Gelfand pair. Let

G = K l t i m e s m a t h b b H_{n}

be the semidirect product of

K

and

m a t h b b H_{n}

. Let

m a t h f r a k g s u p s e t m a t h f r a k k

be the respective Lie algebras of

G

and

K

, and

o p e r a t o r n a m e p r : m a t h f r a k g^{*} l o n g r i g h t a r r o w m a t h f r a k k^{*}

the natural projection. For coadjoint orbits

m a t h c a l O^{G} s u b s e t m a t h f r a k g^{*}

and

m a t h c a l O^{K} s u b s e t m a t h f r a k k^{*}

, we denote by

the number of

K

-orbits in

m a t h c a l O^{G} c a p o p e r a t o r n a m e {p r}^{- 1} (m a t h c a l O^{K})

, which is called the Corwin-Greenleaf multiplicity function. In this paper, we give two sufficient conditions on

m a t h c a l O^{G}

in order that

n�ig(mathcal{O}^G,mathcal{O}^K�ig)leq 1:: ext{for any

K

-coadjoint orbit}::mathcal{O}^{K}subsetmathfrak{k}^{*}.

For

K = U (n)

, assuming furthermore that

m a t h c a l O^{G}

and

m a t h c a l O^{K}

are admissible and denoting respectively by

p i

and

a u

their corresponding irreducible unitary representations, we also discuss the relationship between

and the multiplicity

m (p i, a u)

of

a u

in the restriction of

p i

to

K

. Especially, we study in Theorem 4 the case where

n (m a t h c a l O^{G}, m a t h c a l O^{K}) e q m (p i, a u)

. This inequality is interesting because we expect the equality as the naming of the Corwin-Greenleaf multiplicity function suggests.

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