Abstract:
Let X=G/K be a semisimple symmetric space of non-compact type. A horosphere in X is an orbit of a maximal unipotent subgroup of G. The set HorX of all horospheres is a homogeneous space of G. The horospherical Radom transform suggested by I. M. Gelfand and M. I. Graev in 1959 takes any function φ on X to a function on HorX obtained by integrating φ over horospheres. We explicitly describe the dual transform in terms of its action on polynomial functions on HorX.
Key words and phrases:
Symmetric space, horosphere, Radon transform, Harish–Chandra c-function.
Received:August 24, 2001; in revised form November 14, 2001