The decomposition of L^2(S^2)
under SO(3; R)
is well-known.
Focus now on the hyperbolic plane H presented as the quotient SL(2; R)/SO(2; R)
. It is non-compact, therefore my understanding is that infinite-dimensional
representations of SL(2; R)
will appear in the decomposition of L^2(H)
.
(a) Is there an algebraic part of the spectrum and does it have a description
similar to the one in L^2(S^2)
?
(b) How to classify the SL(2; R)
representations and what is the whole spectrum?
(c) Consider X_0(1) := SL(2; Z)\H
. How does L^2(X_0(1))
decompose?
(d) The same for X_0(N) := \Gamma_0(N)/H
. How does L^2(X_0(N))
decompose?