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Plancherel formula for $L^2(G/N)$

Let $G$ be a connected real semisimple or reductive Lie group. Let $TA$ be a Cartan subgroup, where $T$ is compact and $A$ is split. Let $MA$ be the centralizer of $A$ in $G$, and let $N$ be the ...
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Representation theory of spinors - Understanding how $\mathrm{SO}_3$ acts in particle physics

$\DeclareMathOperator\U{U}\DeclareMathOperator\SU{SU}\DeclareMathOperator\SO{SO}\DeclareMathOperator\O{O}$I have started to study particle physics, beginning with wikipedia and I am now reading David ...
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Two definitions of intertwining operators and Harish-Chandra's Plancherel measure

I guess this question is a well-known fact to experts, but I didn't find any explicit explanation in the literature. So let $F$ be a $p$-adic field. (There're parallel definitions and results in the ...
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Real Representation ring of $U(n)$ and the adjoint representation

I have two questions: It is well known that the complex representation ring $R(U(n))=\mathbb{Z}[\lambda_1,\cdots,\lambda_n,\lambda_n^{-1}]$, where $\lambda_1$ is the natural representation of $U(n)$ ...
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Kazhdan Property T of semisimple Lie groups

I am reading the paper [Margulis, G. A.; Nevo, A.; Stein, E. M., Analogs of Wiener's ergodic theorems for semisimple Lie groups. II. Duke Math. J. 103 (2000), no. 2, 233–259] (MSN). I want to ...
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Restriction that contains a trivial representation

Let $G$ be a noncompact simple Lie group, and $G'$ a noncompact reductive subgroup of $G$ such that $(G,G')$ is a symmetric pair. If $\pi$ is an infinitely dimensional unitary representation of $G$, ...
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Unitary dual of the complex motion group $\mathbb C^2 \rtimes SU(2)$?

The real motion group of $\mathbb R^2$, $M(2)$ is the semi-direct product of $\mathbb R^2$ with the special orthogonal group $K = SO(2)$. A well known fact is that the unitary dual $\hat{G}$, of $G$ ...
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Partial sum of Weingarten functions over symmetric group

I have a question about partial sums of Weingarten functions. The Weingarten functions are defined as $$ E_U[U_{i_1,j_1}\dotsm U_{i_k,j_k}U^*_{i'_1,j'_1}\dotsm U^*_{i'_k,j'_k}]=\sum_{\alpha,\beta \in \...
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The density of the image of a unitary irrep (a generalization of Burnside's theorem)

I asked the following question on MSE and never got an answer. I am curious if there are any generalizations of Burnside's theorem (If $(\pi,V)$ is irreducible, then $\pi(G)$ spans $\operatorname{End}(...
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Explicit tensor product decomposition for the representations of PSL(2,q)

$\DeclareMathOperator\PSL{PSL}$Let the type of the character theory of a finite group $G$ be the list $[[d_1,n_1], \dotsc, [d_k,n_k]]$ with $1=d_1 < \dotsb < d_k$ and $n_i$ the number of ...
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Realization of limit of discrete series using Dirac operators

I wonder if there is a geometric realization of limit of discrete series in the flavor of Atiyah-Schmid or Parthasarathy realizing discrete series using Dirac operators on G/K. I know you can see ...
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Number of orthogonal operators in representations of the Unitary Group

Let $G={\rm SU}(d)$ be the unitary group and $\rho(g)$ an irreducible representation of $g\in G$ in a $D$ dimensional Hilbert space $V$. Let $e_i\in V$ be the diagonal matrix whose only non-zero ...
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Fourier transform in the complex motion group

I am looking for a reference that deals with the unitary dual of the complex motion group $\mathbb C^2 \rtimes SU(2)$ i.e., the semi-direct product of $\mathbb C^2$ with the special unitary group $K=...
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Bounding the dimensions of faithful representations of a quotient group

For $G$ a compact Lie group, let $\operatorname{mdfr}(G)$ be the minimum dimension of a faithful complex representation of $G$. Is there a bound on $\operatorname{mdfr}(N(H)/H)$ for $H$ a subgroup of ...
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A reference for this statement (representations of universal central extensions)

Let $G$ be a connected Lie group with universal cover $\tilde{G}$. I would really appreciate if someone could give me a reference for the proof of the following fact: "Every projective unitary ...
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A question on projective unitary representation of a Lie group

$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}$Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a Hilbert space and $\GL(\mathcal{H})$ denote the group of invertible linear transformations of $\mathcal{H}$. Assume that $G=\{ f:\mathbb{P}\mathcal{...
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How to build a representation of the diffeomorphism group of $U(n)$?

Given that $U(n)$ is a smooth manifold I would like to know if there is a way of building a representation of $\text{Diff}(U(n))$ once you pick a particular (finite dimensional) representation of $U(n)...
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