Harmonic Analysis of Mean Periodic Functions on Symmetric Spaces and the Heisenberg Group (Springer Monographs in Mathematics) - Hardcover

Volchkov, Valery V.; Volchkov, Vitaly V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848825323 ISBN 13: 9781848825321

Publisher: Springer, 2009

Synopsis

The theory of mean periodic functions is a subject which goes back to works of Littlewood, Delsarte, John and that has undergone a vigorous development in recent years. There has been much progress in a number of problems concerning local - pects of spectral analysis and spectral synthesis on homogeneous spaces. The study oftheseproblemsturnsouttobecloselyrelatedtoavarietyofquestionsinharmonic analysis, complex analysis, partial differential equations, integral geometry, appr- imation theory, and other branches of contemporary mathematics. The present book describes recent advances in this direction of research. Symmetric spaces and the Heisenberg group are an active ?eld of investigation at 2 the moment. The simplest examples of symmetric spaces, the classical 2-sphere S 2 and the hyperbolic plane H , play familiar roles in many areas in mathematics. The n Heisenberg groupH is a principal model for nilpotent groups, and results obtained n forH may suggest results that hold more generally for this important class of Lie groups. The purpose of this book is to develop harmonic analysis of mean periodic functions on the above spaces.

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From the Back Cover

This book presents the first systematic and unified treatment of the theory of mean periodic functions on homogeneous spaces. This area has its classical roots in the beginning of the twentieth century and is now a very active research area, having close connections to harmonic analysis, complex analysis, integral geometry, and analysis on symmetric spaces.

The main purpose of this book is the study of local aspects of spectral analysis and spectral synthesis on Euclidean spaces, Riemannian symmetric spaces of an arbitrary rank and Heisenberg groups.  The subject can be viewed as arising from three classical topics: John's support theorem, Schwartz's fundamental principle, and Delsarte's two-radii theorem.

Highly topical, the book contains most of the significant recent results in this area with complete and detailed proofs. In order to make this book accessible to a wide audience, the authors have included an introductory section that develops analysis on symmetric spaces without the use of Lie theory. Challenging open problems are described and explained, and promising new research directions are indicated.

Designed for both experts and beginners in the field, the book is rich in methods for a wide variety of problems in many areas of mathematics.

Review

From the reviews:

“This book is devoted to some recent developments in the harmonic analysis of mean periodic functions on symmetric spaces and Heisenberg group ... . Many topics appear here for the first time in book form. The book under review was written by two leading experts who have made extensive and deep contributions to the subject in the last fifteen years. ... an in-depth, modern, clear exposition of the advanced theory of harmonic analysis on the symmetric domain of rank one and the Heisenberg group.” (Jingzhi Tie, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2011 f)

“The book is a ... comprehensive research monograph, based on the author’s work. ... Each section contains an introduction, notes and remarks. The book presents a modern and ambitious theme of harmonic analysis. ... will mainly attract experts.” (H. G. Feichtinger, Monatshefte für Mathematik, Vol. 163 (1), May, 2011)

“The book under review is a masterly treatise whose aim is to present the theory of mean periodic functions in symmetric spaces and on the Heisenberg group ... . This book is for experts in geometric analysis. ... of general interest to researchers in differential geometry, analysis and probability whose work wanders into symmetric spaces. It should certainly be in the library of every university where there is research in mathematics.” (Dave Applebaum, The Mathematical Gazette, Vol. 95 (534), November, 2011)

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1848825323
• ISBN 13: 9781848825321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 682