The Fourier transform on the group $GL_2(R)$ and the action of the overalgebra $gl_4$

Yury A. Neretin

Published 2017-04-13Version 1

We define a kind of 'operational calculus' for $GL_2(R)$. Namely, the group $GL_2(R)$ can be regarded as an open dense chart in the Grassmannian of 2-dimensional subspaces in $R^4$. Therefore the group $GL_4(R)$ acts in $L^2$ on $GL_2(R)$. We transfer the corresponding action of the Lie algebra $gl_4$ to the Plancherel decomposition of $GL_2(R)$, the Lie algebra acts by differential-difference operators with shifts in an imaginary direction. We also write similar formulas for the action of $gl_4\oplus gl_4$ in the Plancherel decomposition of $GL_2(C)$