Jean Ludwig – författare

Representation Theory and C*-algebras is devoted to the representation theory of solvable Lie groups and the associated non-commutative harmonic analysis including the study of C*-algebras. It contains full proofs of long-standing problems in the theory, including several polynomial conjectures and primitive zero ideals descriptions. It provides an in-depth study of their structural properties, the classification of unitary representations using the orbit method, and the underlying algebraic and analytic frameworks.

The book is most suitable for doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers specializing in Lie theory, noncommutative geometry, functional analysis, operator algebras, and theoretical physics.

Features

· Complete solutions to polynomial conjectures (Corwin–Greenleaf and Duflo) in both nilpotent and exponential Lie group settings

· Complete results to long-standing problems about intertwining operators and the structure of primitive ideals in the exponential setting

· Comprehensive analysis of Casimir elements based on a new approach and their role in several related problems

· Detailed study of C*-algebras of solvable Lie groups, via methods using the Fourier transform and the spectral analysis

· Rich examples and counterexamples, including Heisenberg, thread-like, and G6 groups

· Bridge between classical and modern methods in representation theory, with applications to harmonic analysis and mathematical physics

Representation Theory and C*-algebras is devoted to the representation theory of solvable Lie groups and the associated non-commutative harmonic analysis including the study of C*-algebras. It contains full proofs of long-standing problems in the theory, including several polynomial conjectures and primitive zero ideals descriptions. It provides an in-depth study of their structural properties, the classification of unitary representations using the orbit method, and the underlying algebraic and analytic frameworks.

The book is most suitable for doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers specializing in Lie theory, noncommutative geometry, functional analysis, operator algebras, and theoretical physics.

Features

· Complete solutions to polynomial conjectures (Corwin–Greenleaf and Duflo) in both nilpotent and exponential Lie group settings

· Complete results to long-standing problems about intertwining operators and the structure of primitive ideals in the exponential setting

· Comprehensive analysis of Casimir elements based on a new approach and their role in several related problems

· Detailed study of C*-algebras of solvable Lie groups, via methods using the Fourier transform and the spectral analysis

· Rich examples and counterexamples, including Heisenberg, thread-like, and G6 groups

· Bridge between classical and modern methods in representation theory, with applications to harmonic analysis and mathematical physics

This book is the first one that brings together recent results on the harmonic analysis of exponential solvable Lie groups. There still are many interesting open problems, and the book contributes to the future progress of this research field. As well, various related topics are presented to motivate young researchers.

The orbit method invented by Kirillov is applied to study basic problems in the analysis on exponential solvable Lie groups. This method tells us that the unitary dual of these groups is realized as the space of their coadjoint orbits. This fact is established using the Mackey theory for induced representations, and that mechanism is explained first. One of the fundamental problems in the representation theory is the irreducible decomposition of induced or restricted representations. Therefore, these decompositions are studied in detail before proceeding to various related problems: the multiplicity formula, Plancherel formulas, intertwining operators, Frobeniusreciprocity, and associated algebras of invariant differential operators.

The main reasoning in the proof of the assertions made here is induction, and for this there are not many tools available. Thus a detailed analysis of the objects listed above is difficult even for exponential solvable Lie groups, and it is often assumed that G is nilpotent. To make the situation clearer and future development possible, many concrete examples are provided. Various topics presented in the nilpotent case still have to be studied for solvable Lie groups that are not nilpotent. They all present interesting and important but difficult problems, however, which should be addressed in the near future. Beyond the exponential case, holomorphically induced representations introduced by Auslander and Kostant are needed, and for that reason they are included in this book.