An uncertainty principle for spectral projections on rank one symmetric spaces of noncompact type

Abstract

Let $G$ be a noncompact semisimple Lie group with finite centre. Let $X=G/K$ be the associated Riemannian symmetric space and assume that $X$ is of rank one. The spectral projections associated to the Laplace-Beltrami operator are given by $P_{\lambda }f=f\ast {\Phi }_{\lambda }$, where ${\Phi }_{\lambda }$ are the elementary spherical functions on $X$. In this paper, we prove an Ingham type uncertainty principle for $P_{\lambda }f$. Moreover, similar results are obtained in the case of spectral projections associated to Dunkl Laplacian.

21 pages, To appear in Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata