The authors consider irreducible representations π ϵ N ̂ of a nilpotent Lie group and define a Fourier transform for Schwartz class (and other) functions φ on N by forming the kernels K φ ( x, y) of the trace class operations π φ = ∝ N φ( n) π n dn, regarding the π as modeled in L 2( R k ) for all π in general position. For a special class of groups they show that the models, and parameters λ labeling the representations in general position, can be chosen so the joint behavior of the kernels K φ ( x, y, λ) can be interpreted in a useful way. The variables ( x, y, λ) run through a Zariski open set in R n , n = dim N. The authors show there is a polynomial map u = A( x, y, λ) that is a birational isomorphism A: R n → R n with the following properties. The Fourier transforms F 1 φ = K φ ( x, y, λ) all factor through A to give “rationalized” Fourier transforms Fφ( u) such that Fφ ∘ A = F 1 φ. On the rationalized parameter space a function f( u) is of the form F φ = f ⇔ f is Schwartz class on R n . If polynomial operators T ϵ P( N) are transferred to operators T ̃ on R n such that F(Tφ) = T ̃ (Fφ), P(N) is transformed isomorphically to P( R n ).
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