Fourier positivity conjecture for spherical positive definite functions

Let GG be a semisimple linear group over a local field FF, let K<GK<G be a maximal compact subgroup, and let H<GH<G be a closed abelian subgroup. Define

HK:=H/(HK).H_K:=H/(H\cap K).

For a continuous bi-KK-invariant positive definite function ψ\psi on GG with ψHL1(HK)\psi|_H\in L^1(H_K), say that the pair (H,ψ)(H,\psi) has Fourier positivity when the Fourier transform of the corresponding function on HKH_K is strictly positive on H^K\widehat H_K. Fourier positivity conjecture. If H<GH<G is a closed non-compact abelian subgroup and ψ\psi is a continuous bi-KK-invariant positive definite function on GG such that ψHL1(HK)\psi|_H\in L^1(H_K), then the pair (H,ψ)(H,\psi) has Fourier positivity.

This conjecture proposes strict positivity of Fourier transforms for restrictions of spherical positive definite functions to non-compact abelian subgroups. Its resolution is not established by the supplied source context.

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Michael Björklund, Dongwen Liu, Jun Yu and Genkai Zhang, “Fourier positivity for spherical functions I: split tori and spherical principal series”, arXiv:2606.07286 (2026).

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