The equivalence of infinitesimal and unitary discrete decomposability

Let GG be a real reductive Lie group, let GG' be a reductive subgroup, and let π\pi be an irreducible unitary representation of GG. Write πG\pi|_{G'} for its restriction, and call it infinitesimally discretely decomposable when the underlying (g,K)(\mathfrak{g},K)-module πK\pi_K is discretely decomposable as a g\mathfrak{g}'-module.

Discrete decomposability equivalence conjecture. The following two conditions on (G,G,π)(G,G',\pi) are equivalent: (i) the restriction πG\pi|_{G'} is infinitesimally discretely decomposable; (ii) the unitary representation π\pi decomposes discretely into a direct sum of irreducible unitary representations of GG'.

The converse implication (ii) \Rightarrow (i) remains open, while affirmative results have been partially obtained by Duflo and Vargas for discrete series representations. Thus the equivalence is not established in general.

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Toshiyuki Kobayashi, “Branching problems of Zuckerman derived functor modules”, arXiv:1104.4399 (2011).

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