A positive product formula of integral kernels of $k$-Hankel transforms (2503.03554v1)

Abstract: Let $R$ be a root system in $\mathbb R^N$ and $G$ be the finite subgroup generated by the reflections associated to the root system. We establish a positive radial product formula for the integral kernels $B_{k,1}(x,y)$ of $(k,1)$-generalized Fourier transforms (or the $k$-Hankel transforms) $F_{k,1}$ $$B_{k,1}(x,z)j_{2\left\langle k\right\rangle+N-2}\left(2\sqrt{t\left|z\right|}\right)=\int_{\mathbb R^N} B_{k,1}(\xi,z)\,d\sigma_{x,t}^{k,1}(\xi),$$ where $j_{\lambda}$ is the normalized Bessel function, and $\sigma_{x,t}^{k,1}(\xi)$ is the unique probability measure. Such a product formula is equivalent to the following representation of the generalized spherical mean operator $f\mapsto M_f,\;f\in C_b(\mathbb{R}^N)$ in $(k,1)$-generalized Fourier analysis \begin{align*} M_f(x,t)=\int_{\mathbb{R}^N}f\,d\sigma_{x,t}^{k,1},\;(x,t)\in\mathbb{R}^N\times{\mathbb{R}}_+.\end{align*} We will then analyze the representing measure $\sigma_{x,t}^{k,1}(\xi)$ and show that the support of the measure is contained in $$\left{\xi\in\mathbb{R}^N:\sqrt{\vert\xi\vert}\geq\vert\sqrt{\vert x\vert}-\sqrt t\vert\right}\cap\left(\bigcup_{g\in G}{\xi\in\mathbb{R}^N:d(\xi,gx)\leq\sqrt t}\right),$$ where $d\left(x,y\right)=\sqrt{\left|x\right|+\left|y\right|-\sqrt{2\left(\left|x\right|\left|y\right|+\left\langle x,y\right\rangle\right)}}$. Based on the support of the representing measure $\sigma_{x,t}^{k,1}$, we will get a weak Huygens's principle for the deformed wave equation in $(k,1)$-generalized Fourier analysis. Moreover, for $N\geq 2$, if we assume that $F_{k,1}\left(\mathcal S(\mathbb{R}^N)\right)$ consists of rapidly decreasing functions at infinity, then we get two different results on $\text{supp}\sigma_{x,t}^{k,1}$, which indirectly denies such assumption.