Decay estimates for matrix coefficients of unitary representations of semisimple Lie groups

Abstract: Let

G

be a connected semisimple Lie group with finite centre and

K

be a maximal compact subgroup thereof. Given a function

u

on

G

, we define

m a t h c a l A u

to be the root mean square average over

K

, acting both on the left and the right, of

u

. We show that for all unitary representations

p i

of

G

, there exists a unique minimal positive-real-valued spherical function

p h i_{l a m b d a}

on

G

such that

m a t h c a l A l a n g l e p i (c d o t) x i, e t a a n g l e l e q V e r t x i V e r t_{m a t h c a l H_{p} i} V e r t e t a V e r t_{m a t h c a l H_{p} i} p h i_{l a m b d a}

. This estimate has nice features of both asymptotic pointwise estimates and Lebesgue space estimates; indeed it is equivalent to pointwise estimates

v e r t l a n g l e p i (c d o t) x i, e t a a n g l e v e r t l e q C (x i, e t a), p h i_{l a m b d a}

for

K

-finite or smooth vectors

x i

and

e t a

, and it exhibits different decay rates in different directions at infinity in

G

. Further, if we assume the latter inequality with arbitrary

C (x i, e t a)

, we can prove the former inequality and then return to the latter inequality with explicit knowledge of

C (x i, e t a)

. On the other hand, it holds everywhere in

G

, in contrast to asymptotic estimates which are not global. We also provide some applications.

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