Imaginary Powers of the Dunkl Harmonic Oscillator
In this paper we continue the study of spectral properties of the Dunkl harmonic oscillator in the context of a finite reflection group on Rd isomorphic to Z₂d. We prove that imaginary powers of this operator are bounded on Lp, 1 < p < ∞, and from L¹ into weak L¹.
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Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications SIGMA 5 (2009), 016, 12 pages
Imaginary Powers of the Dunkl Harmonic Oscillator?
Adam NOWAK and Krzysztof STEMPAK
Instytut Matematyki i Informatyki, Politechnika Wroc lawska,
Wyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50–370 Wroc law, Poland
E-mail: Adam.Nowak@pwr.wroc.pl, Krzysztof.Stempak@pwr.wroc.pl
URL: http://www.im.pwr.wroc.pl/∼anowak/, http://www.im.pwr.wroc.pl/∼stempak/
Received October 14, 2008, in final form February 08, 2009; Published online February 11, 2009
doi:10.3842/SIGMA.2009.016
Abstract. In this paper we continue the study of spectral properties of the Dunkl harmo-
nic oscillator in the context of a finite reflection group on Rd isomorphic to Zd
2. We prove
that imaginary powers of this operator are bounded on Lp, 1 < p < ∞, and from L1 into
weak L1.
Key words: Dunkl operators; Dunkl harmonic oscillator; imaginary powers; Calderón–
Zygmund operators
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 42C10; 42C20
1 Introduction
In [9] the authors defined and investigated a system of Riesz transforms related to the Dunkl
harmonic oscillator Lk. The present article continues the study of spectral properties of operators
associated with Lk by considering the imaginary powers L−iγ
k , γ ∈ R. Our objective is to study
Lp mapping properties of the operators L−iγ
k , and the principal tool is the general Calderón–
Zygmund operator theory. The main result we get (Theorem 1) partially extends the result
obtained recently by Stempak and Torrea [15, Theorem 4.3] and corresponding to the trivial
multiplicity function k ≡ 0. Imaginary powers of the Euclidean Laplacian were investigated
much earlier by Muckenhoupt [6].
Let us briefly describe the framework of the Dunkl theory of differential-difference operators
on Rd related to finite reflection groups. Given such a group G ⊂ O(Rd) and a G-invariant
nonnegative multiplicity function k : R → [0,∞) on a root system R ⊂ Rd associated with the
reflections of G, the Dunkl differential-difference operators T k
j , j = 1, . . . , d, are defined by
T k
j f(x) = ∂jf(x) +
∑
β∈R+
k(β)βj
f(x)− f(σβx)
〈β, x〉
, f ∈ C1(Rd);
here ∂j is the jth partial derivative, 〈·, ·〉 denotes the standard inner product in Rd, R+ is
a fixed positive subsystem of R, and σβ denotes the reflection in the hyperplane orthogonal
to β. The Dunkl operators T k
j , j = 1, . . . , d, form a commuting system (this is an important
feature, see [3]) of the first order differential-difference operators, and reduce to ∂j , j = 1, . . . , d,
when k ≡ 0. Moreover, T k
j are homogeneous of degree −1 on P, the space of all polynomials
in Rd. This means that T k
j Pm ⊂ Pm−1, where m ∈ N = {0, 1, . . .} and Pm denotes the subspace
of P consisting of polynomials of total degree m (by convention, P−1 consists only of the null
function).
?This paper is a contribution to the Special Issue on Dunkl Operators and Related Topics. The full collection
is available at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/Dunkl operators.html
mailto:Adam.Nowak@pwr.wroc.pl
mailto:Krzysztof.Stempak@pwr.wroc.pl
http://www.im.pwr.wroc.pl/~anowak/
http://www.im.pwr.wroc.pl/~stempak/
http://dx.doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2009.016
http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/Dunkl_operators.html
2 A. Nowak and K. Stempak
In Dunkl’s theory the operator, see [2],
∆k =
d∑
j=1
(T k
j )2
plays the role of the Euclidean Laplacian (notice that ∆ comes into play when k ≡ 0). It is
homogeneous of degree −2 on P and symmetric in L2(Rd, wk), where
wk(x) =
∏
β∈R+
|〈β, x〉|2k(β),
if considered initially on C∞
c (Rd). Note that wk is G-invariant.
The study of the operator
Lk = −∆k + ‖x‖2
was initiated by Rösler [11, 12]. It occurs that Lk (or rather its self-adjoint extension Lk) has
a discrete spectrum and the corresponding eigenfunctions are the generalized Hermite functions
defined and investigated by Rösler [11]. Due to the form of Lk, it is reasonable to call it the
Dunkl harmonic oscillator. In fact Lk becomes the classic harmonic oscillator −∆ + ‖x‖2 when
k ≡ 0.
The results of the present paper are naturally related to the authors’ articles [8, 9]. In what
follows we will use the notation introduced there and invoke certain arguments from [8]. For
basic facts concerning Dunkl’s theory we refer the reader to the excellent survey article by
Rösler [13].
Throughout the paper we use a fairly standard notation. Given a multi-index n ∈ Nd, we
write |n| = n1 + · · · + nd and, for x, y ∈ Rd, xy = (x1y1, . . . , xdyd), xn = xn1
1 · · · · · xnd
d (and
similarly xα for x ∈ Rd
+ and α ∈ Rd); ‖x‖ denotes the Euclidean norm of x ∈ Rd, and ej is the
jth coordinate vector in Rd. Given x ∈ Rd and r > 0, B(x, r) is the Euclidean ball in Rd centered
at x and of radius r. For a nonnegative weight function w on Rd, by Lp(Rd, w), 1 ≤ p <∞, we
denote the usual Lebesgue spaces related to the measure dw(x) = w(x)dx (in the sequel we will
often abuse slightly the notation and use the same symbol w to denote the measure induced by
a density w). Writing X . Y indicates that X ≤ CY with a positive constant C independent
of significant quantities. We shall write X ' Y when X . Y and Y . X.
2 Preliminaries
In the setting of general Dunkl’s theory Rösler [11] constructed systems of naturally associated
multivariable generalized Hermite polynomials and Hermite functions. The system of generalized
Hermite polynomials {Hk
n : n ∈ Nd} is orthogonal and complete in L2(Rd, e−‖·‖
2
wk), while the
system {hk
n : n ∈ Nd} of generalized Hermite functions
hk
n(x) =
(
2|n|ck
)−1/2 exp(−‖x‖2/2)Hk
n(x), x ∈ Rd, n ∈ Nd,
is an orthonormal basis in L2(Rd, wk), cf. [11, Corollary 3.5 (ii)]; here the normalizing constant ck
equals to
∫
Rd exp(−‖x‖2)wk(x) dx. Moreover, hk
n are eigenfunctions of Lk,
Lkh
k
n = (2|n|+ 2τ + d)hk
n,
where τ =
∑
β∈R+
k(β). For k ≡ 0, h0
n are the usual multi-dimensional Hermite functions, see
for instance [14] or [15].
Imaginary Powers of the Dunkl Harmonic Oscillator 3
Let 〈·, ·〉k be the canonical inner product in L2(Rd, wk). The operator
Lkf =
∑
n∈Nd
(2|n|+ 2τ + d)〈f, hk
n〉k hk
n,
defined on the domain
Dom(Lk) =
{
f ∈ L2(Rd, wk) :
∑
n∈Nd
∣∣(2|n|+ 2τ + d)〈f, hk
n〉k
∣∣2 <∞
}
,
is a self-adjoint extension of Lk considered on C∞
c (Rd) as the natural domain (the inclusion
C∞
c (Rd) ⊂ Dom(Lk) may be easily verified). The spectrum of Lk is the discrete set {2m+2τ+d :
m ∈ N}, and the spectral decomposition of Lk is
Lkf =
∞∑
m=0
(2m+ 2τ + d)Pk
mf, f ∈ Dom(Lk),
where the spectral projections are
Pk
mf =
∑
|n|=m
〈f, hk
n〉k hk
n.
By Parseval’s identity, for each γ ∈ R the operator
L−iγ
k f =
∞∑
m=0
(2m+ 2τ + d)−iγ Pk
mf
is an isometry on L2(Rd, wk).
Consider the finite reflection group generated by σj , j = 1, . . . , d,
σj(x1, . . . , xj , . . . , xd) = (x1, . . . ,−xj , . . . , xd),
and isomorphic to Zd
2 = {0, 1}d. The reflection σj is in the hyperplane orthogonal to ej . Thus
R = {±
√
2ej : j = 1, . . . , d}, R+ = {
√
2ej : j = 1, . . . , d}, and for a nonnegative multiplicity
function k : R → [0,∞) which is Zd
2-invariant only values of k on R+ are essential. Hence we
may think k = (α1 + 1/2, . . . , αd + 1/2), αj ≥ −1/2. We write αj + 1/2 in place of seemingly
more appropriate αj since, for the sake of clarity, it is convenient for us to stick to the notation
used in [8] and [9].
In what follows the symbols Tα
j , ∆α, wα, Lα, Lα, hα
n, and so on, denote the objects introduced
earlier and related to the present Zd
2 group setting. Thus the Dunkl differential-difference
operators are now given by
Tα
j f(x) = ∂jf(x) + (αj + 1/2)
f(x)− f(σjx)
xj
, f ∈ C1(Rd),
and the explicit formula for the Dunkl Laplacian is
∆αf(x) =
d∑
j=1
(
∂2f
∂x2
j
(x) +
2αj + 1
xj
∂f
∂xj
(x)− (αj + 1/2)
f(x)− f(σjx)
x2
j
)
.
The corresponding weight wα has the form
wα(x) =
d∏
j=1
|xj |2αj+1 '
∏
β∈R+
|〈β, x〉α|2k(β), x ∈ Rd.
4 A. Nowak and K. Stempak
Given α ∈ [−1/2,∞)d, the associated generalized Hermite functions are tensor products
hα
n(x) = hα1
n1
(x1) · · · · · hαd
nd
(xd), x = (x1, . . . , xd) ∈ Rd, n = (n1, . . . , nd) ∈ Nd,
where hαi
ni
are the one-dimensional functions (see Rosenblum [10])
hαi
2ni
(xi) = d2ni,αie
−x2
i /2Lαi
ni
(
x2
i
)
,
hαi
2ni+1(xi) = d2ni+1,αie
−x2
i /2xiL
αi+1
ni
(
x2
i
)
;
here Lαi
ni
denotes the Laguerre polynomial of degree ni and order αi, cf. [5, p. 76], and
d2ni,αi = (−1)ni
(
Γ(ni + 1)
Γ(ni + αi + 1)
)1/2
, d2ni+1,αi = (−1)ni
(
Γ(ni + 1)
Γ(ni + αi + 2)
)1/2
.
For α = (−1/2, . . . ,−1/2) we obtain the usual Hermite functions. The system {hα
n : n ∈ Nd} is
an orthonormal basis in L2(Rd, wα) and
Lαh
α
n = (2|n|+ 2|α|+ 2d)hα
n,
where by |α| we denote |α| = α1 + · · ·+ αd (thus |α| may be negative).
The semigroup Tα
t = exp(−tLα), t ≥ 0, generated by Lα is a strongly continuous semigroup
of contractions on L2(Rd, wα). By the spectral theorem,
Tα
t f =
∞∑
m=0
e−t(2m+2|α|+2d)Pα
mf, f ∈ L2(Rd, wα).
The integral representation of Tα
t on L2(Rd, wα) is
Tα
t f(x) =
∫
Rd
Gα
t (x, y)f(y) dwα(y), x ∈ Rd, t > 0,
where the heat kernel {Gα
t }t>0 is given by
Gα
t (x, y) =
∞∑
m=0
e−t(2m+2|α|+2d)
∑
|n|=m
hα
n(x)hα
n(y). (1)
In dimension one, for α ≥ −1/2 it is known (see for instance [11, Theorem 3.12] and [11,
p. 523]) that
Gα
t (x, y) =
1
2 sinh 2t
exp
(
−1
2
coth(2t)
(
x2 + y2
))[Iα ( xy
sinh 2t
)
(xy)α
+ xy
Iα+1
( xy
sinh 2t
)
(xy)α+1
]
,
with Iν being the modified Bessel function of the first kind and order ν,
Iν(z) =
∞∑
k=0
(z/2)ν+2k
Γ(k + 1)Γ(k + ν + 1)
.
Here we consider the function z 7→ zν , and thus also the Bessel function Iν(z), as an analytic
function defined on C\{ix : x ≤ 0} (usually Iν is considered as a function on C cut along the
half-line (−∞, 0]). Note that Iν , as a function on R+, is real, positive and smooth for any
ν > −1, see [5, Chapter 5].
Imaginary Powers of the Dunkl Harmonic Oscillator 5
Therefore, in d dimensions,
Gα
t (x, y) =
∑
ε∈Zd
2
Gα,ε
t (x, y),
where the component kernels are
Gα,ε
t (x, y) =
1
(2 sinh 2t)d
exp
(
−1
2
coth(2t)
(
‖x‖2 + ‖y‖2
)) d∏
i=1
(xiyi)εi
Iαi+εi
( xiyi
sinh 2t
)
(xiyi)αi+εi
.
Note that Gα,ε
t (x, y) is given by the series (1), with the summation in n restricted to the set of
multi-indices
Nε =
{
n ∈ Nd : ni is even if εi = 0 or ni is odd if εi = 1, i = 1, . . . , d
}
.
To verify this fact it is enough to restrict to the one-dimensional case and then use the Hille–
Hardy formula, cf. [5, (4.17.6)].
In the sequel we will make use of the following technical result concerning Gα,ε
t (x, y). The
corresponding proof is given at the end of Section 4.
Lemma 1. Let α ∈ [−1/2,∞)d and let ε ∈ Zd
2. Then, with x, y ∈ Rd
+ fixed, x 6= y, the kernel
Gα,ε
t (x, y) decays rapidly when either t → 0+ or t → ∞. Further, given any disjoint compact
sets E,F ⊂ Rd
+, we have∫ ∞
0
∣∣∂tG
α,ε
t (x, y)
∣∣ dt . 1, (2)
uniformly in x ∈ E and y ∈ F .
We end this section with pointing out that there is a general background for the facts conside-
red here for an arbitrary reflection group, see [13] for a comprehensive account. In particular,
the heat (or Mehler) kernel (1) has always a closed form involving the so-called Dunkl kernel,
and is always strictly positive. This implies that the corresponding semigroup is contractive on
L∞(Rd, wk), and as its generator is self-adjoint and positive in L2(Rd, wk), the semigroup is also
contractive on the latter space. Hence, by duality and interpolation, it is in fact contractive on
all Lp(Rd, wk), 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞.
3 Main result
From now on we assume γ ∈ R, γ 6= 0, to be fixed. Recall that the operator L−iγ
α is given on
L2(Rd, wα) by the spectral series,
L−iγ
α f =
∑
n∈Nd
(2|n|+ 2|α|+ 2d)−iγ〈f, hα
n〉α hα
n.
Our main result concerns mapping properties of L−iγ
α f on Lp spaces.
Theorem 1. Assume α ∈ [−1/2,∞)d. Then L−iγ
α , defined initially on L2(Rd, wα), extends
uniquely to a bounded operator on Lp(Rd, wα), 1 < p < ∞, and to a bounded operator from
L1(Rd, wα) to L1,∞(Rd, wα).
6 A. Nowak and K. Stempak
The proof we give relies on splitting L−iγ
α in L2(Rd, wα) into a finite number of suitable
L2-bounded operators and then treating each of the operators separately. More precisely, we
decompose
L−iγ
α =
∑
ε∈Zd
2
L−iγ
α,ε ,
where (with the set Nε introduced in the previous section)
L−iγ
α,ε f =
∑
n∈Nε
(2|n|+ 2|α|+ 2d)−iγ〈f, hα
n〉α hα
n, f ∈ L2(Rd, wα).
Clearly, each L−iγ
α,ε is a contraction in L2(Rd, wα).
It is now convenient to introduce the following terminology: given ε ∈ Zd
2, we say that
a function f on Rd is ε-symmetric if for each i = 1, . . . , d, f is either even or odd with respect
to the ith coordinate according to whether εi = 0 or εi = 1, respectively. Thus f is ε-symmetric
if and only if f ◦ σi = (−1)εif , i = 1, . . . , d. Any function f on Rd can be split uniquely into
a sum of ε-symmetric functions fε,
f =
∑
ε∈Zd
2
fε, fε(x) =
1
2d
∑
η∈{−1,1}d
ηεf(ηx).
For f ∈ L2(Rd, wα) this splitting is orthogonal in L2(Rd, wα). Finally, notice that hα
n is ε-
symmetric if and only if n ∈ Nε. Consequently, L−iγ
α,ε is invariant on the subspace of L2(Rd, wα)
of ε-symmetric functions and vanishes on the orthogonal complement of that subspace.
Observe that in order to prove Theorem 1 it is sufficient to show the analogous result for
each L−iγ
α,ε . Moreover, since
L−iγ
α f =
∑
ε∈Zd
2
L−iγ
α,ε f =
∑
ε∈Zd
2
L−iγ
α,ε fε
and since for a fixed 1 ≤ p <∞ (recall that wα(ξx) = wα(x), ξ ∈ {−1, 1}d)
‖f‖Lp(Rd,wα) '
∑
ε∈Zd
2
‖fε‖Lp(Rd
+,w+
α ),
it is enough to restrict the situation to the space (Rd
+, w
+
α ), where w+
α is the restriction of wα
to Rd
+. Thus we are reduced to considering the operators
L−iγ
α,ε,+f =
∑
n∈Nε
(2|n|+ 2|α|+ 2d)−iγ〈f, hα
n〉L2(Rd
+,w+
α ) h
α
n, f ∈ L2(Rd
+, w
+
α ), (3)
which are bounded on L2(Rd
+, w
+
α ) since the system {2d/2hα
n : n ∈ Nε} is orthonormal in
L2(Rd
+, w
+
α ). Now, Theorem 1 will be justified once we prove the following.
Lemma 2. Assume that α ∈ [−1/2,∞)d and ε ∈ Zd
2. Then L−iγ
α,ε,+, defined initially on
L2(Rd
+, w
+
α ), extends uniquely to a bounded operator on Lp(Rd
+, w
+
α ), 1 < p < ∞, and to
a bounded operator from L1(Rd
+, w
+
α ) to L1,∞(Rd
+, w
+
α ).
The proof of Lemma 2 will be furnished by means of the general Calderón–Zygmund theory.
In fact, we shall show that each L−iγ
α,ε,+ is a Calderón–Zygmund operator in the sense of the space
of homogeneous type (Rd
+, w
+
α , ‖·‖). It is well known that the classical Calderón–Zygmund theory
Imaginary Powers of the Dunkl Harmonic Oscillator 7
works, with appropriate adjustments, when the underlying space is of homogeneous type. Thus
we shall use properly adjusted facts from the classic Calderón–Zygmund theory (presented, for
instance, in [4]) in the setting of the space (Rd
+, w
+
α , ‖ · ‖) without further comments.
A formal computation based on the formula
λ−iγ =
1
Γ(iγ)
∫ ∞
0
e−tλtiγ−1 dt, λ > 0,
suggests that L−iγ
α,ε,+ should be associated with the kernel
Kα,ε
γ (x, y) =
1
Γ(iγ)
∫ ∞
0
Gα,ε
t (x, y)tiγ−1 dt, x, y ∈ Rd
+ (4)
(note that for x 6= y the last integral is absolutely convergent due to the decay of Gα,ε
t (x, y) at
t→ 0+ and t→∞, see Lemma 1). The next result shows that this is indeed the case, at least
in the Calderón–Zygmund theory sense.
Proposition 1. Let α ∈ [−1/2,∞)d and ε ∈ Zd
2. Then for f, g ∈ C∞
c (Rd
+) with disjoint supports
〈L−iγ
α,ε,+f, g〉L2(Rd
+,w+
α ) =
∫
Rd
+
∫
Rd
+
Kα,ε
γ (x, y)f(y)g(x) dw+
α (y) dw+
α (x). (5)
Proof. We follow the lines of the proof of [15, Proposition 4.2], see also [14, Proposition 3.2].
By Parseval’s identity and (3),
〈L−iγ
α,ε,+f, g〉L2(Rd
+,w+
α ) =
∑
n∈Nε
(2|n|+ 2|α|+ 2d)−iγ 〈f, hα
n〉L2(Rd
+,w+
α ) 〈h
α
n, g〉L2(Rd
+,w+
α ). (6)
To finish the proof it is now sufficient to verify that the right-hand sides of (5) and (6) coincide.
This task means justifying the possibility of changing the order of integration, summation and
differentiation in the relevant expressions, see the proof of Proposition 4.2 in [15]. The details
are rather elementary and thus are omitted. The key estimate∫
Rd
+
∫
Rd
+
∫ ∞
0
∣∣∂tG
α,ε
t (x, y)
∣∣ dt |g(x)f(y)| dy dx <∞
is easily verified by means of Lemma 1. Another important ingredient (implicit in the proof of
[15, Proposition 4.2]) is a suitable estimate for the growth of the underlying eigenfunctions. In
the present setting it is sufficient to know that
|hα
n(x)| .
d∏
i=1
Φαi
ni
(xi), x ∈ Rd
+,
where
Φαi
ni
(xi) = x
−αi−1/2
i
{
1, 0 < xi ≤ 4(ni + αi + 1);
exp(−cxi), xi > 4(ni + αi + 1).
This follows from Muckenhoupt’s generalization [7] of the classical estimates due to Askey and
Wainger [1]. �
The theorem below says that the kernel Kα,ε
γ (x, y) satisfies standard estimates in the sense
of the homogeneous space (Rd
+, w
+
α , ‖ ·‖). The corresponding proof is located in Section 4 below.
Denote B+(x, r) = B(x, r) ∩ Rd
+.
8 A. Nowak and K. Stempak
Theorem 2. Given α ∈ [−1/2,∞)d and ε ∈ Zd
2, the kernel Kα,ε
γ (x, y) satisfies the growth
condition
|Kα,ε
γ (x, y)| . 1
w+
α (B+(x, ‖y − x‖))
, x, y ∈ Rd
+, x 6= y,
and the smoothness condition
‖∇x,yK
α,ε
γ (x, y)‖ .
1
‖x− y‖
1
w+
α (B+(x, ‖y − x‖))
, x, y ∈ Rd
+, x 6= y.
From Theorem 2 and Proposition 1 we conclude that L−iγ
α,ε,+ is a Calderón–Zygmund operator.
Thus Lemma 2 follows from the general theory, see [4].
Remark 1. The results of this section can be generalized in a straightforward manner by con-
sidering weighted Lp spaces. By the general theory, each L−iγ
α,ε,+ extends to a bounded operator
on Lp(Rd
+,Wdw+
α ), W ∈ Aα
p , 1 < p < ∞, and to a bounded operator from L1(Rd
+,Wdw+
α ) to
L1,∞(Rd
+,Wdw+
α ), W ∈ Aα
1 ; here Aα
p stands for the Muckenhoupt class of Ap weights associated
with the space (Rd
+, w
+
α , ‖ · ‖). Consequently, analogous mapping properties hold for L−iγ
α , with
reflection invariant weights satisfying Aα
p conditions when restricted to Rd
+ (or, equivalently,
satisfying Ap conditions related to the whole space (Rd, wα, ‖ · ‖)).
Remark 2. With the particular ε0 = (0, . . . , 0) the operator L−iγ
α,ε0,+ coincides, up to a constant
factor, with the same imaginary power of the Laguerre Laplacian investigated in [8]. Therefore
the results of this section deliver also analogous results in the setting of [8].
4 Kernel estimates
This section is mainly devoted to the proof of the standard estimates stated in Theorem 2. The
proof follows the pattern of the proof of Proposition 3.1 in [8], see also [9]. We use the formula
Gα,ε
t (x, y) =
1
2d
(1− ζ2
2ζ
)d+|α|+|ε|
(xy)ε
∫
[−1,1]d
exp
(
− 1
4ζ
q+(x, y, s)− ζ
4
q−(x, y, s)
)
Πα+ε(ds),
where
q±(x, y, s) = ‖x‖2 + ‖y‖2 ± 2
d∑
i=1
xiyisi
(for the sake of brevity we shall often write shortly q+ or q− omitting the arguments) and
t ∈ (0,∞) and ζ ∈ (0, 1) are related by ζ = tanh t, so that
t = t(ζ) =
1
2
log
1 + ζ
1− ζ
; (7)
eventually, Πα denotes the product measure
d⊗
i=1
Παi , where Παi is determined by the density
Παi(ds) =
(1− s2)αi−1/2ds√
π2αiΓ(αi + 1/2)
, s ∈ (−1, 1),
when αi > −1/2, and in the limiting case of αi = −1/2,
Π−1/2 =
1√
2π
(
η−1 + η1
)
(η−1 and η1 denote point masses at −1 and 1, respectively).
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By the change of variable (7) the kernels (4) can be expressed as
Kα,ε
γ (x, y) =
∫
[−1,1]d
Πα+ε(ds)
∫ 1
0
βd,α+ε(ζ)ψε
ζ(x, y, s) dζ, (8)
where
ψε
ζ(x, y, s) = (xy)ε exp
(
− 1
4ζ
q+(x, y, s)− ζ
4
q−(x, y, s)
)
and
βd,α(ζ) =
21−d−iγ
Γ(iγ)
(
1− ζ2
2ζ
)d+|α| 1
1− ζ2
(
log
1 + ζ
1− ζ
)iγ−1
.
Notice that |βd,α(ζ)| coincides, up to a constant factor, with β0
d,α(ζ) defined in [8, (5.4)].
The application of Fubini’s theorem that was necessary to get (8) is also justified since, in
fact, the proof (to be given below) of the first estimate in Theorem 2 contains the proof of∫
[−1,1]d
Πα+ε(ds)
∫ 1
0
∣∣βd,α+ε(ζ)ψε
ζ(x, y, s)
∣∣ dζ <∞, x 6= y.
For proving Theorem 2 we need a specified version of [8, Corollary 5.2] and a slight extension
of [8, Lemma 5.5 (b)] (the proof of the latter result in [8] is given under assumption k ≥ 1, but
in fact it is also valid for any real k provided that the constant factor in the definition of βk
d,α(ζ)
is neglected; in particular, k = 0 can be admitted).
Lemma 3. Assume that α ∈ [−1/2,∞)d. Let b ≥ 0 and c > 0 be fixed. Then, we have
(a)
(
|x1 ± y1s1|+ |y1 ± x1s1|
)
exp
(
−c1
ζ
q±(x, y, s)
)
. ζ±1/2,
(b)
∫ 1
0
∣∣βd,α(ζ)
∣∣ζ−b exp
(
−c1
ζ
q+(x, y, s)
)
dζ .
(
q+(x, y, s)
)−d−|α|−b
,
uniformly in x, y ∈ Rd
+, s ∈ [−1, 1]d, and also in ζ ∈ (0, 1) if (a) is considered.
We also need the following generalization of [8, Proposition 5.9], cf. [9, Lemma 5.3].
Lemma 4. Assume that α ∈ [−1/2,∞)d and let δ, κ ∈ [0,∞)d be fixed. Then for x, y ∈ Rd
+,
x 6= y,
(x+ y)2δ
∫
[−1,1]d
Πα+δ+κ(ds)
(
q+(x, y, s)
)−d−|α|−|δ|
.
1
w+
α (B+(x, ‖y − x‖))
and
(x+ y)2δ
∫
[−1,1]d
Πα+δ+κ(ds)
(
q+(x, y, s)
)−d−|α|−|δ|−1/2
.
1
‖x− y‖
1
w+
α (B+(x, ‖y − x‖))
.
Proof of Theorem 2. The growth estimate is rather straightforward. Using Lemma 3 (b)
with b = 0 and observing that (xy)ε ≤ (x+ y)2ε gives
|Kα,ε
γ (x, y)| . (x+ y)2ε
∫
[−1,1]d
Πα+ε(ds)(q+)−d−|α|−|ε|.
Now Lemma 4, taken with δ = ε and κ = (0, . . . , 0), provides the desired bound.
10 A. Nowak and K. Stempak
It remains to prove the smoothness estimate. Notice that by symmetry reasons it is enough
to show that
|∂x1K
α,ε
γ (x, y)|+ |∂y1K
α,ε
γ (x, y)| . 1
‖x− y‖
1
w+
α (B+(x, ‖y − x‖))
, x, y ∈ Rd
+, x 6= y.
Moreover, we can focus on estimating the x1-derivative only. This is because in the final stroke
we shall use Lemma 4, where the left-hand sides are symmetric in x and y. Thus we are reduced
to estimating the quantity
J =
∫
[−1,1]d
Πα+ε(ds)
∫ 1
0
∣∣βd,α+ε(ζ)∂x1ψ
ε
ζ(x, y, s)
∣∣ dζ
(passing with ∂x1 under the integral signs is legitimate, the justification being implicitly con-
tained in the estimates below, see the argument in [8, pp. 671–672]).
An elementary computation produces
∂x1ψ
ε
ζ(x, y, s) =
[
(xy)ε
(
− 1
2ζ
(x1 + y1s1)−
ζ
2
(x1 − y1s1)
)
+ ε1y1(xy)ε−e1
]
× exp
(
− 1
4ζ
q+ −
ζ
4
q−
)
.
Hence, by Lemma 3 (a), we have∣∣∂x1ψ
ε
ζ(x, y, s)
∣∣
. (xy)ε(ζ−1/2 + ζ1/2) exp
(
− 1
8ζ
q+ −
ζ
8
q−
)
+ ε1y1(xy)ε−e1 exp
(
− 1
4ζ
q+ −
ζ
4
q−
)
. (x+ y)2εζ−1/2 exp
(
− 1
8ζ
q+
)
+ ε1(x+ y)2(ε−e1/2) exp
(
− 1
4ζ
q+
)
(notice that the second term above vanishes when ε1 = 0). Consequently,
J . (x+ y)2ε
∫
[−1,1]d
Πα+ε(ds)
∫ 1
0
∣∣βd,α+ε(ζ)
∣∣ζ−1/2 exp
(
− 1
8ζ
q+
)
dζ
+ ε1(x+ y)2(ε−e1/2)
∫
[−1,1]d
Πα+ε(ds)
∫ 1
0
∣∣βd,α+ε(ζ)
∣∣ exp
(
− 1
4ζ
q+
)
dζ.
Now, applying Lemma 3 (b) with either b = 1/2 or b = 0 leads to
J . (x+ y)2ε
∫
[−1,1]d
Πα+ε(ds)(q+)−d−|α|−|ε|−1/2
+ ε1(x+ y)2(ε−e1/2)
∫
[−1,1]d
Πα+ε(ds)(q+)−d−|α|−|ε|.
Finally, Lemma 4 with either δ = ε and κ = (0, . . . , 0) or (in case ε1 = 1) δ = ε − e1/2 and
κ = e1/2 delivers the required smoothness bound for J .
The proof of Theorem 2 is complete. �
Proof of Lemma 1. Recall that
Gα,ε
t (x, y) =
1
2d
(
1− ζ2
2ζ
)d+|α|+|ε|
(xy)ε
∫
[−1,1]d
Πα+ε(ds) exp
(
− 1
4ζ
q+ −
ζ
4
q−
)
,
Imaginary Powers of the Dunkl Harmonic Oscillator 11
where t and ζ are related by ζ = tanh t. Since ζ ∈ (0, 1) and ‖x− y‖2 ≤ q± ≤ ‖x+ y‖2, we see
that
Gα,ε
t (x, y) .
(
1− ζ
ζ
)d+|α|+|ε|
(xy)ε exp
(
− 1
4ζ
‖x− y‖2
)
.
From this estimate the rapid decay easily follows.
To verify (2) we need first to compute ∂tG
α,ε
t (x, y). We get
∂tG
α,ε
t (x, y) =
(
d+ |α|+ |ε|
)1 + ζ2
ζ
Gα,ε
t (x, y) +
1
2d
(
1− ζ2
2ζ
)d+|α|+|ε|
(1− ζ2)(xy)ε
×
∫
[−1,1]d
Πα+ε(ds)
(
1
4ζ2
q+ −
1
4
q−
)
exp
(
− 1
4ζ
q+ −
ζ
4
q−
)
(here passing with ∂t under the integral can be easily justified). Consequently, taking into
account the estimates above,
∣∣∂tG
α,ε
t (x, y)
∣∣ . 1
ζ
(
1− ζ
ζ
)d+|α|+|ε|
(xy)ε exp
(
− 1
4ζ
‖x− y‖2
)
+ (1− ζ)
(
1− ζ
ζ
)d+|α|+|ε|
(xy)ε ‖x+ y‖2
ζ2
exp
(
− 1
4ζ
‖x− y‖2
)
.
This implies∫ ∞
0
∣∣∂tG
α,ε
t (x, y)
∣∣ dt =
∫ 1
0
∣∣∣∂tG
α,ε
t (x, y)
∣∣
t=tanh−1 ζ
∣∣∣ dζ
1− ζ2
. (xy)ε
∫ 1
0
(1− ζ)d+|α|+|ε|−1ζ−(d+|α|+|ε|−1) exp
(
− 1
4ζ
‖x− y‖2
)
dζ
+ (xy)ε‖x+ y‖2
∫ 1
0
ζ−(d+|α|+|ε|−2) exp
(
− 1
4ζ
‖x− y‖2
)
dζ.
Now using the fact that d+ |α|+ |ε| > 0 and supu>0 u
a exp(−Au) <∞ for any fixed A > 0 and
a ≥ 0, leads to the bound∫ ∞
0
∣∣∂tG
α,ε
t (x, y)
∣∣ dt .
(xy)ε
‖x− y‖2(d+|α|+|ε|+1)
+
(xy)ε‖x+ y‖2
‖x− y‖2(d+|α|+|ε|+2)
.
The conclusion follows. �
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1 Introduction
2 Preliminaries
3 Main result
4 Kernel estimates
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